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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 1938

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Lunar month 529Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 512Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 513Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 514Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 515Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 516Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 517Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 518Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 519Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 520Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 521Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice22Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 523Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 524Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 525Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 526Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 628Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 629Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 630Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 61Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 62Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 63Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 64Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 65Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 66Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 67Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat8Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 69Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 17, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 五月二十

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

    Mon

    1938-06-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1938-06-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1938-06-22

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    1938-07-08

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊午

五月二十

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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