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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 1947

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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

Tuesday, May 13, 1947

Lunar 一九四七年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1947-05-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1947-05-22

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1947-06-06

    In 24 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

三月廿三

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTradeExecute an agreementBuild a washroomMend wallsSeal openingsHuntingFishingPrepare a burial plot

Avoid

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

Set a bedDig a channelRaise a roof beamConstructionOpen for businessConsecrateMove into a homeRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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