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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 1865

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Lunar month 528Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 523Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 524Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 525Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 526Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 527Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 528Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 529Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 530Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 17, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 五月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1865-06-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1865-06-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1865-06-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    1865-07-07

    In 20 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬午

五月廿四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTrain livestockPest controlAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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