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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 1939

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Lunar month 428Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 521Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSummer Solstice22Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat8Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 20, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 五月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Tue

    1939-06-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1939-06-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1939-06-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1939-07-08

    In 18 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚午

五月初四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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