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Chinese calendar, 16 June 2021

16 June 2021 is lunar month 5, day 7, 2021, the Metal Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Goat. 7 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

Since 5 June 2021

16

Wednesday

June 2021

Lunar date

5th Month · 7th Day

二〇二一初七

Year of the

Metal Ox

Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑

Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Ox’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

since 5 June 2021

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 7 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2021-06-16

The daily almanac & observances

16 June 2021
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 30 days

10 June 20219 July 2021. 23 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

14 August 2021 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

June 2021 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 4/22

  2. New moon

    Lunar 5/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 5/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 5/16

Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for June 2021
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This day in the traditional cycles

Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.

Day pillar 日柱
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
  • Yin Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (middle)
  • Yin Wood · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Goat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Wall · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Yu beast creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Remove · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.Do not skip or delay prescribed medicine because of a traditional verse.

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