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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 1828

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Lunar month 327Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 28, 1828

Lunar 一八二八年 · 四月十五

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 Buds

    Wed

    1828-05-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1828-05-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1828-06-06

    In 9 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1828-06-21

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十五

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateTimber workBuild roof beamsSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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