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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 1859

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Lunar month 429Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 521Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice22Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 523Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 524Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 525Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 1, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 五月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1859-05-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1859-06-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1859-06-06

    In 5 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1859-06-22

    In 21 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己巳

五月初一

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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