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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 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

Friday, May 29, 1942

Lunar 一九四二年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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 Buds

    Fri

    1942-05-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1942-05-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1942-06-06

    In 8 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1942-06-22

    In 24 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十五

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelDismantleWelcome a household memberMove into a homeMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedVisit the sickBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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