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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.

May 1904

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Lunar month 31Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 20, 1904

Lunar 一九〇四年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    1904-05-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1904-05-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1904-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1904-06-06

    In 17 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己巳

四月初六

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

PlantingCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundMake an offeringPurification riteBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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