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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 1994

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Lunar month 31Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 20, 1994

Lunar 一九九四年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    1994-05-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1994-05-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1994-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1994-06-06

    In 17 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己巳

四月初十

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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