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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 1950

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Lunar month 330Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 12, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Sat

    1950-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1950-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1950-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1950-06-06

    In 25 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛巳

三月廿六

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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