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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 2018

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Lunar month 427Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSummer Solstice21Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 522Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 523Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 524Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 525Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Heat7Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 五月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    2018-06-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2018-06-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2018-06-21

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2018-07-07

    In 23 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊午

五月初一

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageInstall machineryTradeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveHaircutBuild a bridgeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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