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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 1887

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Leap lunar month 429Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 430Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 431Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 41Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 42Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 43Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 44Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 45Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 47Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 48Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 49Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 410Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 411Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 412Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 413Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 414Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 415Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 416Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 417Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 418Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 419Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 420Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 521Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice22Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 8, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 闰四月十七

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 in Ear

    Mon

    1887-06-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1887-06-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1887-06-22

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    1887-07-07

    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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙午

闰四月十七

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

BurialOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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