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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

Saturday, July 23, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 六月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1881-07-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1881-08-07

    In 15 days

  4. End of Heat

    Tue

    1881-08-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大暑

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeMarriageConsecrateInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

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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