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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 1996

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Sunday, June 23, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 五月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1996-06-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1996-06-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sun

    1996-07-07

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    1996-07-22

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

夏至 → 小暑

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲午

五月初八

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCaptureFishingRepair 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

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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