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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 1923

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Lunar month 329Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear7Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 5, 1923

Lunar 一九二三年 · 三月二十

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

    1923-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1923-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1923-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1923-05-22

    In 17 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙辰

三月二十

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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