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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 1863

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Lunar month 431Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 521Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice22Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat8Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 6, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 四月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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 Buds

    Thu

    1863-05-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1863-06-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1863-06-22

    In 16 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1863-07-08

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 芒种

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊午

四月二十

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelSeek medical careTreat illnessOpen for businessRelocateMove into a homeTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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