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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 1993

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Leap lunar month 325Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 326Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 327Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 328Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 329Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 330Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 31Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 32Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 33Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 34Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 36Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 37Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 38Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 39Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 310Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 311Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 312Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 313Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 314Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 315Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 316Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 317Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 318Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 319Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 320Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 19, 1993

Lunar 一九九三年 · 闰三月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Wed

    1993-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1993-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1993-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1993-06-06

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁巳

闰三月廿八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageLift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessMeridian therapy

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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