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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1855

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Lunar month 51Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 611Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 5, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 五月廿二

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

    1855-06-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1855-07-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1855-07-08

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1855-07-23

    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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬午

五月廿二

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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