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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 1863

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Lunar month 528Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 616Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 617Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 618Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 619Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 620Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 621Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 622Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Heat23Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 624Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 625Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 626Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 631Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Autumn8Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 2, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 五月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1863-06-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1863-07-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1863-07-08

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1863-07-23

    In 21 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊午

五月十七

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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