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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 2196

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Lunar month 529Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 517Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 518Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 519Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice20Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 521Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 522Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 523Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 524Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 525Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 626Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 627Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 628Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 629Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 630Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 61Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 62Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 63Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 64Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 65Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat6Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 67Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 68Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 69Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 18, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 五月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    2196-06-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2196-06-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2196-06-20

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2196-07-06

    In 18 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲午

五月廿二

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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