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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 1945

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Lunar month 329Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 25, 1945

Lunar 一九四五年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1945-05-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1945-05-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1945-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1945-06-22

    In 28 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十四

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouseBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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