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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 2016

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 429Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 64Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 65Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 66Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 68Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 69Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 五月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    2016-06-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2016-06-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2016-06-21

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    2016-07-07

    In 29 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲午

五月初四

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringHaircutBuild a stoveRepair wallsLevel roadsGroom nailsBathingComing-of-age rite

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialTravelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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