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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 21, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 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. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2018-06-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2018-06-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2018-07-07

    In 16 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2018-07-23

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 夏至

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

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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