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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 1999

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Lunar month 325Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 2, 1999

Lunar 一九九九年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    1999-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1999-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1999-05-06

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1999-05-21

    In 19 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十七

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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