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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 1921

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Lunar month 31Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 12, 1921

Lunar 一九二一年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1921-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1921-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1921-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1921-06-06

    In 25 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初五

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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