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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 1889

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Lunar month 426Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 628Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 27, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 五月廿九

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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1889-06-21

    Passed 6 days
  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1889-06-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days
  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1889-07-07

    In 10 days
  4. Greater Heat

    Tue

    1889-07-23

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚午

五月廿九

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelExecute an agreementRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a stoveBuild a houseSet up a horse frameOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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