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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 2020

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Leap lunar month 431Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 41Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 42Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 43Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 44Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 46Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 47Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 48Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 49Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 410Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 411Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 412Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 413Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 414Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 415Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 416Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 417Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 418Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 419Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 420Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat6Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, June 1, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 闰四月初十

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 Buds

    Wed

    2020-05-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2020-06-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2020-06-05

    In 4 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2020-06-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

闰四月初十

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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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