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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 2009

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Lunar month 531Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 512Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 513Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 514Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 515Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 516Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 517Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 518Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 519Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 520Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSummer Solstice21Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 522Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 523Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 524Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 525Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 526Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 527Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 528Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 529Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 530Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Heat7Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 511Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 五月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 Buds

    Thu

    2009-05-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2009-06-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2009-06-05

    In 2 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2009-06-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己巳

五月十一

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedTravel

Avoid

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

Receive livestockMove into a homeRelocateBurialVisit the sickTimber workRaise a roof beamInstall doorsFuneral preparationBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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