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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 1916

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Lunar month 428Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 512Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 513Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 514Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 515Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 521Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSummer Solstice22Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 630Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 61Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 62Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 63Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 64Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 65Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 66Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Heat7Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 68Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, June 16, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 五月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1916-06-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1916-06-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1916-06-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Fri

    1916-07-07

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲午

五月十六

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelComing-of-age riteMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedDispatch goodsBuild a stoveBreak 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 (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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