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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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TODAY
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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

Monday, May 7, 1923

Lunar 一九二三年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1923-04-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1923-05-07

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1923-05-22

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1923-06-07

    In 31 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿二

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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