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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 1873

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TODAY
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Lunar month 629Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 613Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 614Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 615Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 616Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 617Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 618Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 619Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 620Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 621Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 622Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Heat23Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 624Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 625Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 626Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 627Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 628Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 629Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 630Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 631Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 61Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 62Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 63Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 64Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 65Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 66Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn7Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 68Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 69Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, July 21, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 六月廿七

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

    Mon

    1873-07-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1873-07-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1873-07-23

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1873-08-07

    In 17 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己未

六月廿七

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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