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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

July 1884

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Leap lunar month 529Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 530Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 511Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 512Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 513Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 514Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 515Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 516Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 517Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 518Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 519Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 520Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 521Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat22Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 623Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 624Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 625Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 626Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 627Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 631Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 61Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 62Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 63Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 64Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 65Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 66Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Autumn7Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, July 24, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 六月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    1884-07-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1884-07-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Autumn

    Thu

    1884-08-07

    In 14 days

  4. End of Heat

    Sat

    1884-08-23

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛未

六月初三

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateSet a bedConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak ground for burialAcquire propertyPlantingBurialTend a graveFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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