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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 1962

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 11, 1962

Lunar 一九六二年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1962-05-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1962-05-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1962-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1962-06-06

    In 26 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初八

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification ritePray for childrenInstall machineryReceive livestockRelocateMove into a homeSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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