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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 1879

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Lunar month 41Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 521Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice22Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 12, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 四月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    1879-06-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1879-06-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1879-06-22

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    1879-07-07

    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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚午

四月廿三

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleBreak groundSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMove the hearthMake an offeringMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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