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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 2008

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Lunar month 41Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 63Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 610Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 611Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 612Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 五月十四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2008-06-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2008-06-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2008-06-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    2008-07-07

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊午

五月十四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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