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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

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 五月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2018-06-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2018-06-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2018-06-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2018-07-07

    In 20 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

五月初四

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteSet an altarLift misfortuneRelocateMove into a homeVisit friends and familySeek medical care

Avoid

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

Set the marriage bedRaise a roof beamMeridian therapyBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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