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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 1842

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Lunar month 429Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 521Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice22Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 68Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 69Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, June 20, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 五月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1842-06-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1842-06-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1842-06-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1842-07-07

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

芒种 → 夏至

Year cycle

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙午

五月十二

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneRelocateMove into a homeOpen for businessReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactSet a bedThanksgiving riteBreak ground for burialBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

Avoid

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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