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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 2016

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TODAY
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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 22, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 五月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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 in Ear

    Sun

    2016-06-05

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2016-06-22

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Thu

    2016-07-07

    In 15 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Fri

    2016-07-22

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲午

五月十八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessPrepare a coffinBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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