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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 1845

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Lunar month 529Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 73Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 74Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 75Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 77Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn8Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 21, 1845

Lunar 一八四五年 · 六月十七

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

    Mon

    1845-07-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1845-07-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1845-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1845-08-08

    In 18 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸未

六月十七

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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