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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 1937

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TODAY
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Lunar month 325Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 17, 1937

Lunar 一九三七年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1937-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1937-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1937-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1937-06-06

    In 20 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初八

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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