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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.

June 1840

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Lunar month 531Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice21Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 522Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, June 21, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 五月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1840-06-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1840-06-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1840-07-07

    In 16 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1840-07-23

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 夏至

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬午

五月廿二

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelTimber workMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessTradeFuneral processionBurialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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