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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 1888

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Lunar month 51Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 710Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 711Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 22, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 六月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1888-07-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1888-07-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Tue

    1888-08-07

    In 16 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1888-08-23

    In 32 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己未

六月十四

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Meridian therapyMake an offeringBathingMend wallsSeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

ConsecrateTreat illnessMarriageDig a wellBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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