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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 1909

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Lunar month 325Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds22Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 12, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    1909-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1909-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1909-05-22

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1909-06-06

    In 25 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己巳

三月廿三

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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