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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 1977

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TODAY
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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

Monday, May 23, 1977

Lunar 一九七七年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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 Buds

    Sat

    1977-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1977-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1977-06-06

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1977-06-21

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初六

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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