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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 1939

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Lunar month 330Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 5, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    1939-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1939-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1939-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1939-05-22

    In 17 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十六

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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