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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

June 1871

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TODAY
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Lunar month 428Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 521Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice22Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 2, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 四月十五

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 Buds

    Sun

    1871-05-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1871-06-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1871-06-06

    In 4 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1871-06-22

    In 20 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十五

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

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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