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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 1890

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Lunar month 41Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice21Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 522Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 17, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 五月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1890-06-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1890-06-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1890-06-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    1890-07-07

    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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬午

五月初一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageSet the marriage bedCut garmentsComing-of-age riteTimber workRaise a roof beamMove the hearthDismantleRelocateConstruction

Avoid

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

Set a bedOffer prayersTravelBurialFuneral processionConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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