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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 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 10, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 闰三月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1936-05-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1936-05-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1936-05-21

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1936-06-06

    In 27 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸巳

闰三月二十

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTradeExecute an agreementBuild a washroomMend wallsSeal openingsHuntingFishingPrepare a burial plot

Avoid

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

Set a bedDig a channelRaise a roof beamConstructionOpen for businessConsecrateMove into a homeRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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