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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 1861

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 530Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 611Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 76Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 78Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 79Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 710Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 24, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 六月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1861-07-07

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1861-07-24

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Wed

    1861-08-07

    In 14 days

  4. End of Heat

    Fri

    1861-08-23

    In 30 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙未

六月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringCut garmentsMake netsComing-of-age riteBathing

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseDispatch goodsAcquire propertyBurialBreak groundBreak ground for burialDig a wellPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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