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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 1961

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Lunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 1, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1961-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1961-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1961-05-06

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1961-05-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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