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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 1914

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 426Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 20, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 四月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1914-05-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1914-05-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1914-05-22

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1914-06-06

    In 17 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己巳

四月廿六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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