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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 1954

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Lunar month 325Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 11, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    1954-05-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1954-05-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1954-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1954-06-06

    In 26 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己巳

四月初九

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringBreak groundBreak ground for burialTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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