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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 1896

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 528Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat22Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 623Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 23, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 六月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1896-07-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1896-07-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1896-08-07

    In 15 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1896-08-23

    In 31 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙未

六月十三

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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