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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 1888

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TODAY
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Lunar month 427Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice21Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 522Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 16, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 五月初七

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

    Tue

    1888-06-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1888-06-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1888-06-21

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1888-07-07

    In 21 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊午

五月初七

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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