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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 1949

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Lunar month 41Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 4, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 四月初七

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 Rain

    Wed

    1949-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1949-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1949-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1949-05-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

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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