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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 1942

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Lunar month 326Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 21, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 四月初七

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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1942-05-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1942-05-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1942-05-22

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1942-06-06

    In 16 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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