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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 1874

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 431Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice21Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 522Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 16, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 五月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1874-06-06

    Passed 10 days
  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1874-06-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days
  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1874-06-21

    In 5 days
  4. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1874-07-07

    In 21 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚午

五月初三

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

BurialOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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