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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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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Monday, June 29, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 闰五月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2009-06-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2009-06-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    2009-07-07

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Thu

    2009-07-23

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚午

闰五月初七

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenMarriageFormal betrothalSet the marriage bedCut garmentsComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beamsConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

BurialTravelOffer prayersPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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