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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 1923

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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Tuesday, May 22, 1923

Lunar 一九二三年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1923-05-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1923-05-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1923-06-07

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1923-06-22

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初七

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedBuild a stoveWelcome a household memberBuild a storehouseSeal openings

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingConstructionBreak groundTravelTimber workBuild roof beamsBurialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

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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