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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 1964

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TODAY
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Lunar month 326Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 18, 1964

Lunar 一九六四年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    1964-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1964-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1964-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1964-06-06

    In 19 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己巳

四月初七

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringBreak groundBreak ground for burialTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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