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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

Wednesday, May 18, 1955

Lunar 一九五五年 · 闰三月廿七

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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1955-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1955-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1955-05-22

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1955-06-06

    In 19 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛巳

闰三月廿七

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedTravel

Avoid

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

Receive livestockMove into a homeRelocateBurialVisit the sickTimber workRaise a roof beamInstall doorsFuneral preparationBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

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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