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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 1957

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 328Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 11, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    1957-05-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1957-05-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1957-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1957-06-06

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十二

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Welcome a household memberVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Seal openingsRaise a roof beamBreak groundTimber workBurialLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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