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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 1861

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 426Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 18, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 五月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    1861-06-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1861-06-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1861-06-21

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1861-07-07

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲午

五月十一

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelOpen for businessMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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