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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 1936

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 431Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 24, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 五月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1936-06-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1936-06-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1936-07-07

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    1936-07-23

    In 29 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲午

五月初六

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageInstall machineryTradeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveHaircutBuild a bridgeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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