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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 1995

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Lunar month 430Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 4, 1995

Lunar 一九九五年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1995-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1995-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1995-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1995-05-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初五

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBuild a stoveDig a wellLevel roads

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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