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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 1896

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Lunar month 431Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice21Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 522Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 16, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 五月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    1896-06-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1896-06-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1896-06-21

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1896-07-07

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲午

五月初六

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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