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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 2106

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Lunar month 430Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 521Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSummer Solstice22Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 69Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 610Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, June 8, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 五月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2106-06-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2106-06-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2106-06-22

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Wed

    2106-07-07

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲午

五月初七

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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