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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 1924

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Lunar month 327Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 19, 1924

Lunar 一九二四年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1924-05-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1924-05-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1924-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1924-06-06

    In 18 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己巳

四月十六

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementBuild a boatPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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