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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 1944

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Lunar month 430Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 422Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 423Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 424Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 425Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 426Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 427Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 428Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 429Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 430Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 431Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 41Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 42Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 43Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 44Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 45Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 47Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 48Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 49Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 410Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 12, 1944

Lunar 一九四四年 · 四月二十

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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1944-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1944-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1944-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1944-06-06

    In 25 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己巳

四月二十

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beamMove the hearth

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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