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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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TODAY
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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

Tuesday, June 26, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 五月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1866-06-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1866-06-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    1866-07-07

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1866-07-23

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲午

五月十四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenBathingLift misfortuneFormal betrothalOpen for businessConstructionRaise pillars

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burialBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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