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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 1940

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Lunar month 328Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 3, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1940-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1940-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1940-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1940-05-21

    In 18 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚辰

三月廿六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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