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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 1940

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Lunar month 426Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 20, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 五月十五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    1940-06-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1940-06-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1940-06-21

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1940-07-07

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬午

五月十五

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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