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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 1931

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Lunar month 326Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 30, 1931

Lunar 一九三一年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    1931-05-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1931-05-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1931-06-07

    In 8 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1931-06-22

    In 23 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十四

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantleBreak groundLift misfortune

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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