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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 1996

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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 426Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 516Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 517Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 518Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 519Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 520Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSummer Solstice21Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 522Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, June 15, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 四月三十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1996-06-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1996-06-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1996-06-21

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1996-07-07

    In 22 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲午

四月三十

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringTravelReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Funeral processionTimber workBuild roof beamsBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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