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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 1889

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 630Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 728Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 78Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 79Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 710Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 22, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 六月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1889-07-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1889-07-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1889-07-23

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1889-08-07

    In 16 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛未

六月廿五

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyBegin studyMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortune

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthAcquire propertyMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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