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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 1890

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Lunar month 529Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn7Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 29, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 六月十三

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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1890-07-23

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1890-07-29

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1890-08-07

    In 9 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1890-08-23

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸未

六月十三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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