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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

June 2011

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Lunar month 429Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 521Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSummer Solstice22Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 五月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    2011-06-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2011-06-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    2011-06-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    2011-07-07

    In 19 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲午

五月十七

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneTimber workMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

BurialOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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