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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 1824

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TODAY
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Lunar month 627Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 726Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 727Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 728Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 729Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 730Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 731Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 12, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 六月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1824-07-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1824-07-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1824-07-23

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sat

    1824-08-07

    In 26 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛未

六月十六

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingSculpture and paintingConsecrateBegin studyLift misfortuneClean the homeTreat illnessDig a pondAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelFormal betrothalMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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