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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

Friday, July 24, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 六月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1868-07-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1868-07-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1868-08-07

    In 14 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sun

    1868-08-23

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己未

六月初五

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthExecute an agreementInstall machineryRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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