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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 1973

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Lunar month 329Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 16, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1973-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1973-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1973-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1973-06-06

    In 21 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十四

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for businessMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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