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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 1953

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 431Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 521Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice22Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 611Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 19, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 五月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. 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. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1953-06-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1953-06-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1953-06-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1953-07-07

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊午

五月初九

Day cycle

辛丑

壁上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

ConsecrateOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙未)羊 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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