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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 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

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 五月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2014-06-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2014-06-21

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Mon

    2014-07-07

    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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚午

五月廿一

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneRelocateMove into a homeOpen for businessReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactSet a bedThanksgiving riteBreak ground for burialBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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