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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 1984

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Lunar month 329Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 9, 1984

Lunar 一九八四年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    1984-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1984-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1984-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1984-06-05

    In 27 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己巳

四月初九

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageTravelBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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