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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 1868

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Lunar month 528Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 620Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 621Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat22Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 623Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, July 1, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 五月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1868-06-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1868-07-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1868-07-07

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1868-07-22

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊午

五月十二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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