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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1955

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Leap lunar month 31Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 32Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 33Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 34Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 35Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 37Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 38Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 39Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 310Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 311Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 312Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 313Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 314Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 315Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 316Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 317Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 318Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 319Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 320Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 321Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 5, 1955

Lunar 一九五五年 · 闰三月十四

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 Rain

    Thu

    1955-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1955-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1955-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1955-05-22

    In 17 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚辰

闰三月十四

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

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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