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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 1856

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Lunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice21Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 522Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 11, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 五月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Thu

    1856-06-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1856-06-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1856-06-21

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    1856-07-07

    In 26 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲午

五月初九

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelConstructionBreak groundBuild animal sheltersSet a bedRelease water

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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