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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 1932

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Lunar month 31Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 18, 1932

Lunar 一九三二年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1932-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1932-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1932-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1932-06-06

    In 19 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十三

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedTravel

Avoid

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

Receive livestockMove into a homeRelocateBurialVisit the sickTimber workRaise a roof beamInstall doorsFuneral preparationBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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