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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

Wednesday, July 30, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 闰六月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1873-07-23

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1873-07-30

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1873-08-07

    In 8 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1873-08-23

    In 24 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己未

闰六月初七

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelTradeHarvest honeyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveBurialBreak groundLitigationBuild roof beamsTimber workDig a wellBreak ground for burialRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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