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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 1874

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Lunar month 528Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 614Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 615Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 616Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 617Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 618Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 619Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 620Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 621Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 622Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Heat23Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 624Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 625Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 626Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 627Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 628Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 629Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 630Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 631Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 67Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Autumn8Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, July 4, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 五月廿一

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

    Sun

    1874-06-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1874-07-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1874-07-07

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1874-07-23

    In 19 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚午

五月廿一

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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