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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 1834

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Lunar month 529Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 67Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat8Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 75Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 76Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 77Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 79Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 19, 1834

Lunar 一八三四年 · 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

    1834-07-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1834-07-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1834-07-23

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1834-08-08

    In 20 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛未

六月十三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConstructionTravelBuild a houseRaise pillarsMake vehicles and toolsTrain livestockBuild animal sheltersHarvest honey

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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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