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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 1897

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 430Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 1, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 Buds

    Fri

    1897-05-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1897-06-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1897-06-05

    In 4 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1897-06-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙巳

五月初二

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneTravelFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateBuild a stoveWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Make an offeringTimber workSet up a horse frameSet a bedConstructionBreak groundBurialTend a graveBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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