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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.

May 1903

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Lunar month 326Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer7Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds22Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 16, 1903

Lunar 一九〇三年 · 四月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1903-05-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1903-05-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1903-05-22

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1903-06-07

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁巳

四月二十

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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