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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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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

Monday, May 16, 1960

Lunar 一九六〇年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1960-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1960-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1960-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1960-06-06

    In 21 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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