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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

June 1868

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Leap lunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 46Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 47Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 48Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 49Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 410Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 411Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 412Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 413Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 414Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 415Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 416Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 417Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 418Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 419Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSummer Solstice21Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 522Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 523Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 524Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 525Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 12, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 闰四月廿二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1868-06-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1868-06-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1868-06-21

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1868-07-07

    In 25 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊午

闰四月廿二

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageSet the marriage bedCut garmentsComing-of-age riteTimber workRaise a roof beamMove the hearthDismantleRelocateConstruction

Avoid

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

Set a bedOffer prayersTravelBurialFuneral processionConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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