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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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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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 29, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1961-05-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1961-05-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1961-06-06

    In 8 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1961-06-21

    In 23 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十五

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalSeek medical careTreat illnessConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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