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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 2019

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Lunar month 426Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 五月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    2019-06-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2019-06-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2019-06-21

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    2019-07-07

    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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚午

五月十六

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Install machineryRelocateMove into a homeTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSet an altar

Avoid

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

Open for businessTimber workBuild roof beamsBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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