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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 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

Wednesday, May 31, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1950-05-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1950-05-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1950-06-06

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1950-06-22

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十五

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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