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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 1858

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Lunar month 430Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 521Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice22Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, June 20, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 五月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    1858-06-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1858-06-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1858-06-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1858-07-07

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊午

五月初十

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedDispatch goodsBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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