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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 1849

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Lunar month 51Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 67Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn8Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 23, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 六月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1849-07-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1849-07-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1849-08-08

    In 16 days

  4. End of Heat

    Thu

    1849-08-23

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 大暑

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛未

六月初四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Mend wallsSeal openingsMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBurialTomb-opening riteAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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