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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 1981

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Lunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 19, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    1981-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1981-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1981-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1981-06-06

    In 18 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十六

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelBuild a houseLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMarriageRelocateMove into a homeHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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