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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 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

Sunday, June 9, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 五月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1878-06-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1878-06-21

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1878-07-07

    In 28 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

五月初九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTrain livestockPest controlAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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