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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 1997

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TODAY
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Lunar month 327Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 5, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 三月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1997-04-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1997-05-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1997-05-21

    In 16 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1997-06-05

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

三月廿九

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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