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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 1938

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TODAY
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Lunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 1, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1938-04-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1938-05-01

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1938-05-06

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1938-05-22

    In 21 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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