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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 1952

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 427Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 3, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1952-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1952-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1952-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1952-05-21

    In 18 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初十

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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