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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 1959

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Lunar month 326Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds22Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 8, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Wed

    1959-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1959-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1959-05-22

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1959-06-06

    In 29 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己巳

四月初一

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneTravelFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocateBuild a stoveWelcome a household memberMove into a home

Avoid

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

Make an offeringTimber workSet up a horse frameSet a bedConstructionBreak groundBurialTend a graveBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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