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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 1911

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 430Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer7Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds22Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear7Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 3, 1911

Lunar 一九一一年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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 Rain

    Fri

    1911-04-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1911-05-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1911-05-07

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1911-05-22

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初五

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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