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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 1866

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Lunar month 427Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 521Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice22Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 21, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 五月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1866-06-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1866-06-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1866-06-22

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1866-07-07

    In 16 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

五月初九

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeTravelDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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