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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 1943

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Lunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds22Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 24, 1943

Lunar 一九四三年 · 四月廿一

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

    Sat

    1943-05-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1943-05-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1943-06-06

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1943-06-22

    In 29 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿一

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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