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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 1953

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Lunar month 326Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 10, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 三月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1953-05-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1953-05-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1953-05-21

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1953-06-06

    In 27 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿七

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Install doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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