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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 1858

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Lunar month 527Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 612Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 613Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 13, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 六月初三

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

    Wed

    1858-07-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1858-07-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1858-07-23

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Sun

    1858-08-08

    In 26 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己未

六月初三

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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