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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 1912

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Lunar month 328Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 29, 1912

Lunar 一九一二年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1912-05-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1912-05-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1912-06-06

    In 8 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1912-06-22

    In 24 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十三

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortunePest controlVisit friends and familyAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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