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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 2221

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Leap lunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 45Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 47Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 48Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 49Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 410Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 411Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 412Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 413Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 414Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 415Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 416Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 417Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 418Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 419Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 420Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 522Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 523Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, June 28, 2221

Lunar 二二二一年 · 五月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    2221-06-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2221-06-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Heat

    Sat

    2221-07-07

    In 9 days

  4. Greater Heat

    Mon

    2221-07-23

    In 25 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲午

五月初八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessPrepare a coffinBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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