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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 1977

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Lunar month 31Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 6, 1977

Lunar 一九七七年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1977-04-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1977-05-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1977-05-21

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1977-06-06

    In 31 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

三月十九

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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