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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 1898

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 526Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 17, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 五月廿九

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. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1898-07-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1898-07-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Sat

    1898-07-23

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1898-08-07

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小暑 → 大暑

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己未

五月廿九

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessAnimal husbandryHaircut

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBurialFuneral preparationMove into a homeBuild a stoveComing-of-age riteRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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