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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 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

Saturday, June 27, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 五月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    1868-06-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1868-06-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1868-07-07

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Wed

    1868-07-22

    In 25 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊午

五月初八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedDispatch goodsBuild a stoveBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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