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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 1869

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TODAY
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Lunar month 430Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 12, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 五月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1869-06-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1869-06-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1869-06-21

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1869-07-07

    In 25 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚午

五月初三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelExecute an agreementRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a stoveBuild a houseSet up a horse frameOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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