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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1920

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Lunar month 325Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 16, 1920

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1920-05-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1920-05-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1920-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1920-06-06

    In 21 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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