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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 1887

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Lunar month 526Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 4, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 五月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1887-06-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1887-07-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1887-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1887-07-23

    In 19 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙午

五月十四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelTrain livestockHarvest honeyAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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