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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 1933

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 430Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 15, 1933

Lunar 一九三三年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1933-05-06

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1933-05-15

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1933-05-21

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1933-06-06

    In 22 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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