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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 1879

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Leap lunar month 327Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 328Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 329Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 330Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 31Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 32Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 33Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 34Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 35Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 37Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 38Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 39Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 310Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 311Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 312Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 313Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 314Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 315Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 316Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 317Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 318Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 319Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 320Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 8, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 闰三月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1879-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1879-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1879-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1879-06-06

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

闰三月十八

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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