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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 2012

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TODAY
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Thu
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Leap lunar month 427Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 428Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 429Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 430Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 431Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 41Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 42Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 43Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 44Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 46Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 47Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 48Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 49Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 410Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 411Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 412Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 413Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 414Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 415Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 416Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 417Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 418Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 1, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 闰四月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2012-05-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2012-06-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2012-06-05

    In 4 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2012-06-21

    In 20 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙巳

闰四月十二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialMove into a homeTravelBreak groundLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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