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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 1905

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Lunar month 330Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds22Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 9, 1905

Lunar 一九〇五年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1905-05-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1905-05-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1905-05-22

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1905-06-06

    In 28 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初六

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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