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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

June 1986

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 41Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 521Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice22Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 523Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 524Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 525Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 68Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 610Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 611Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 612Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, June 8, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1986-06-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1986-06-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1986-06-22

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    1986-07-07

    In 29 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲午

五月初二

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringTravelReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Funeral processionTimber workBuild roof beamsBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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