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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 1936

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Leap lunar month 326Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 327Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 328Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 329Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 330Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 31Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 34Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 39Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 310Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 311Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 312Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 313Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 314Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 315Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 316Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 317Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 318Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 319Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 320Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 3, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 闰三月十三

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 Rain

    Mon

    1936-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1936-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1936-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1936-05-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬辰

闰三月十三

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

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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