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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 2014

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Lunar month 51Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice21Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 522Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 627Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 68Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 69Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 610Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 611Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 612Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 13, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 五月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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 in Ear

    Fri

    2014-06-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2014-06-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2014-06-21

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    2014-07-07

    In 24 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚午

五月十六

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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