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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 1948

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Lunar month 325Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 17, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1948-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1948-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1948-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1948-06-06

    In 20 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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