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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

Sunday, May 7, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 三月十八

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. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1939-04-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1939-05-07

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1939-05-22

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1939-06-06

    In 30 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

三月十八

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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