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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 1897

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Lunar month 527Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat22Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 623Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 729Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 730Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 731Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 71Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 72Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 73Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 74Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 75Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 76Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 5, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 六月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1897-06-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1897-07-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1897-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1897-07-22

    In 17 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙午

六月初六

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeOpen a storehouseDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Avoid

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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