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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 1930

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Lunar month 327Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 24, 1930

Lunar 一九三〇年 · 四月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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 Buds

    Thu

    1930-05-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1930-05-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1930-06-06

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1930-06-22

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛巳

四月廿六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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