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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1881

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Lunar month 626Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 726Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 727Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, July 22, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 六月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1881-07-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1881-07-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1881-07-23

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1881-08-07

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小暑 → 大暑

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessMarriageVisit friends and familyRelease waterDig a wellAnimal husbandry

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Build a houseMove into a homeBuild a stoveBegin studyBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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