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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 2204

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Lunar month 427Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 512Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 513Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 514Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 515Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 516Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 517Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 518Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 519Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 520Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSummer Solstice21Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 522Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 628Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 629Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 630Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 61Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 62Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 63Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 64Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 65Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 66Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Heat7Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 16, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 五月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    2204-06-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2204-06-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2204-06-21

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2204-07-07

    In 21 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚午

五月十八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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