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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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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Thursday, May 21, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 四月十八

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

    Tue

    1981-05-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1981-05-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1981-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1981-06-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

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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