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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 1851

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Lunar month 51Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 521Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice22Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 523Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 524Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 525Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 5, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 五月初六

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. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1851-05-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1851-06-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1851-06-06

    In 1 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1851-06-22

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸巳

五月初六

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTradeExecute an agreementBuild a washroomMend wallsSeal openingsHuntingFishingPrepare a burial plot

Avoid

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

Set a bedDig a channelRaise a roof beamConstructionOpen for businessConsecrateMove into a homeRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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