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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 1856

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Lunar month 529Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 613Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 614Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 615Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 71Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 72Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 73Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 74Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 75Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 76Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Autumn7Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 78Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 79Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, July 27, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 六月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1856-07-23

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1856-07-27

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1856-08-07

    In 11 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1856-08-23

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大暑 → 立秋

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙未

六月廿六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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