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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 1929

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Lunar month 328Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 13, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1929-05-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1929-05-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1929-05-21

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1929-06-06

    In 24 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己巳

四月初五

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelFormal betrothalMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameMove the hearthDismantleRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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