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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 1881

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Lunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 13, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 四月十六

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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1881-05-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1881-05-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1881-05-21

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1881-06-05

    In 23 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十六

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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