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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 1966

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Leap lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 313Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 314Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 315Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 316Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 317Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 318Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 319Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 8, 1966

Lunar 一九六六年 · 闰三月十八

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

    Fri

    1966-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1966-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1966-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1966-06-06

    In 29 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸巳

闰三月十八

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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