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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 1948

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Lunar month 430Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 23, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 五月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1948-06-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1948-06-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    1948-07-07

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Fri

    1948-07-23

    In 30 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊午

五月十七

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurialBreak ground for burialTend a graveDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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