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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 1857

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Leap lunar month 528Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 529Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 530Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 56Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 58Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 59Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 510Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 511Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 512Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 513Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 514Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 515Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 516Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 517Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 518Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 519Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 520Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 624Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 625Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 626Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 627Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 631Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 13, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 闰五月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

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

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    1857-07-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1857-07-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1857-07-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1857-08-07

    In 25 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁未

闰五月廿二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementRelocateMove into a homeInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMeridian therapyInstall doorsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersVisit the sickThanksgiving riteBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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