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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 1978

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Lunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 20, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 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

    1978-05-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1978-05-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1978-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1978-06-06

    In 17 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十四

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelDismantleWelcome a household memberMove into a homeMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedVisit the sickBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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