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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 1956

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 427Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, June 18, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 五月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    1956-06-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1956-06-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1956-06-21

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1956-07-07

    In 19 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲午

五月初十

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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