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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 1916

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Lunar month 330Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 21, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 四月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1916-05-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1916-05-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1916-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1916-06-22

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸巳

四月二十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelFormal betrothalMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameMove the hearthDismantleRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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