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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 1878

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Lunar month 426Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 517Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 518Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 519Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 520Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice21Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 522Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 523Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 524Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 525Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 526Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 66Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 8, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 五月初八

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 in Ear

    Thu

    1878-06-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1878-06-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1878-06-21

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1878-07-07

    In 29 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊午

五月初八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsInstall doorsSet a bedPlantingBuild a dikeMend wallsBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthTravelFuneral processionBurialConsecrateHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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