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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1895

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Leap lunar month 530Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 51Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 52Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 53Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 54Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 55Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 56Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 58Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 59Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 510Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 511Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 512Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 513Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 514Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 515Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 516Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 517Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 518Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 519Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 520Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 521Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 3, 1895

Lunar 一八九五年 · 闰五月十一

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. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1895-06-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1895-07-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1895-07-07

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1895-07-23

    In 20 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬午

闰五月十一

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelTimber workMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessTradeFuneral processionBurialTend 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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