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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 2021

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TODAY
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Lunar month 430Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 512Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 513Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 514Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 515Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 516Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 517Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 518Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 519Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 520Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSummer Solstice21Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 522Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 523Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 524Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 525Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 526Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Heat7Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 610Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 11, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 五月初二

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

    Sat

    2021-06-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2021-06-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2021-06-21

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2021-07-07

    In 26 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲午

五月初二

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberCarvingDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsOpen for business

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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