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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 1991

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Lunar month 328Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 16, 1991

Lunar 一九九一年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1991-05-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1991-05-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1991-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1991-06-06

    In 21 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初三

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteTimber workSet up a horse frameBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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