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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 1870

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Lunar month 429Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 517Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 518Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 519Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 520Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice21Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 522Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 523Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 524Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 525Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 526Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, June 6, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 五月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1870-05-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1870-06-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1870-06-21

    In 15 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1870-07-07

    In 31 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬午

五月初八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutGroom nailsRepair wallsLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeTravelConstructionLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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