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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 1926

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Lunar month 325Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 4, 1926

Lunar 一九二六年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1926-04-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1926-05-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1926-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1926-05-22

    In 18 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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