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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 1886

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 527Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 612Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 613Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 614Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 615Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 616Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 617Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 618Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 619Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 620Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 731Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 71Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 72Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 73Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 74Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 75Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 76Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn7Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 20, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 六月十九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    1886-07-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1886-07-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1886-07-23

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1886-08-07

    In 18 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙未

六月十九

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessAnimal husbandryHaircut

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBurialFuneral preparationMove into a homeBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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