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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 1963

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Lunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 423Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 424Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 425Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 426Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 427Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 431Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 41Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 42Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 43Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 44Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 45Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 47Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 48Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 12, 1963

Lunar 一九六三年 · 四月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1963-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1963-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1963-05-22

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1963-06-06

    In 25 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十九

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalLift misfortuneTravelBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickMove the hearthBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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