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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 1917

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Lunar month 329Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 320Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 6, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1917-04-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1917-05-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1917-05-21

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1917-06-06

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

三月十六

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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