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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 1974

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TODAY
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Lunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 422Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 423Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 424Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 425Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 426Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 45Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 47Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 48Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 3, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1974-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1974-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1974-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1974-05-21

    In 18 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

戊辰

四月十二

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelRepair wallsBuild animal sheltersTrain livestockAvoid 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

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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