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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 1861

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Lunar month 426Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 7, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 四月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1861-05-21

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1861-06-07

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1861-06-21

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1861-07-07

    In 30 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲午

四月廿九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingCaptureMake netsHuntingFishingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeMarriageBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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