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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1972

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Lunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 17, 1972

Lunar 一九七二年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1972-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1972-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1972-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1972-06-05

    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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初五

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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