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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 1958

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 327Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 22, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1958-05-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1958-05-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1958-06-06

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1958-06-22

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初四

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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