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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 1956

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Lunar month 329Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 17, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1956-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1956-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1956-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1956-06-06

    In 20 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateTimber workBuild roof beamsSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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