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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 1844

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TODAY
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Lunar month 530Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 615Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 616Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 617Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 618Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 619Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 622Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Heat23Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 610Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 2, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 五月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1844-06-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1844-07-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1844-07-07

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1844-07-23

    In 21 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚午

五月十七

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringTravelReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Funeral processionTimber workBuild roof beamsBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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