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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 2174

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Lunar month 429Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 629Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 630Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 61Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 62Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 3, 2174

Lunar 二一七四年 · 五月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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 Buds

    Sat

    2174-05-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2174-06-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2174-06-05

    In 2 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2174-06-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己巳

五月初四

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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