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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

Monday, May 31, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1909-05-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1909-05-31

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1909-06-06

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1909-06-22

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己巳

四月十三

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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