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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 1885

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 528Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 612Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 613Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 614Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 615Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 616Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 617Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 618Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 619Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 620Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 621Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 622Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Heat23Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 624Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 625Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 626Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 627Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 628Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 629Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 631Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Autumn7Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, July 7, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 五月廿五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1885-06-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1885-07-07

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1885-07-23

    In 16 days

  4. Start of Autumn

    Fri

    1885-08-07

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 小暑

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸未

五月廿五

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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