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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

Thursday, May 17, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 三月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1917-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1917-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1917-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1917-06-06

    In 20 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

三月廿七

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Welcome a household memberAnimal husbandryAcquire propertySeal openingsMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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