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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 1960

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TODAY
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Lunar month 41Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 5, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1960-04-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1960-05-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1960-05-21

    In 16 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1960-06-06

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初十

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialMove into a homeTravelBreak groundLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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