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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 1958

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TODAY
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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

Sunday, May 25, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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 Buds

    Wed

    1958-05-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1958-05-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1958-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1958-06-22

    In 28 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

四月初七

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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