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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 1941

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TODAY
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Lunar month 427Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 27, 1941

Lunar 一九四一年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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 Buds

    Wed

    1941-05-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1941-05-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1941-06-06

    In 10 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1941-06-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸巳

五月初二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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