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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 1883

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Lunar month 51Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 73Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 74Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 79Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 710Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 711Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 2, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 五月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1883-06-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1883-07-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1883-07-07

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1883-07-23

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊午

五月廿八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersMove the hearthConsecratePray for childrenTravelDismantleOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

BurialFuneral processionTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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