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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 1946

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Lunar month 328Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 25, 1946

Lunar 一九四六年 · 四月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1946-05-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1946-05-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1946-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1946-06-22

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿五

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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