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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 1919

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Lunar month 327Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds22Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear7Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 3, 1919

Lunar 一九一九年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1919-04-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1919-05-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1919-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1919-05-22

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初四

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementDig a pondMend wallsSeal openingsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellVisit the sickOpen for businessConsecratePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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