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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 1878

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Lunar month 328Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 4, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1878-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1878-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1878-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1878-05-21

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初三

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenTravelLift misfortuneMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberSet a bedOpen for business

Avoid

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

Offer prayersConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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