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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1947

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TODAY
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Lunar month 327Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 10, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1947-05-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1947-05-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1947-05-22

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1947-06-06

    In 27 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙巳

三月二十

Day cycle

己丑

霹雳火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateBreak groundSet a bedTravelPlanting

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellMove into a homeRelocateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸未)羊 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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