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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 1838

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Lunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 517Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 518Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 519Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 520Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 621Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 622Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Heat23Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 624Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 625Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 67Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn8Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 5, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 五月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1838-06-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1838-07-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1838-07-07

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1838-07-23

    In 18 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊午

五月十四

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthPlantingSet a bedDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageMove the hearthTimber workMake an offeringMove into a homeRelocateReceive livestockVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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