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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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TODAY
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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 24, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    1953-05-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1953-05-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1953-06-06

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1953-06-22

    In 29 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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