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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 1885

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 17, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 五月初五

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 in Ear

    Fri

    1885-06-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1885-06-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1885-06-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1885-07-07

    In 20 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬午

五月初五

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPlantingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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