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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 1891

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Lunar month 528Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 613Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 614Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 75Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 76Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 77Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Autumn8Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 5, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 五月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1891-06-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1891-07-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1891-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1891-07-23

    In 18 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲午

五月廿九

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSeek medical careTreat illnessTravelBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Open for businessInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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