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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 1970

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 326Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 7, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 Rain

    Mon

    1970-04-20

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1970-05-07

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1970-05-21

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1970-06-06

    In 30 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初三

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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