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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 1976

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Lunar month 325Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 17, 1976

Lunar 一九七六年 · 四月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1976-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1976-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1976-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1976-06-05

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十九

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsMake netsAvoid 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

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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