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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 1971

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 425Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds22Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 524Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 525Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 526Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 5, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 四月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1971-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1971-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1971-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1971-05-22

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

四月十一

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTradeExecute an agreementBreak groundEnd mourning dressThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialMove into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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