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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 1887

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Lunar month 41Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 423Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 424Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 425Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 426Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 427Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 428Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 429Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 430Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 431Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 41Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 42Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 43Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 44Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 45Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 47Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 48Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 49Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 410Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 411Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 9, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 四月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1887-05-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1887-05-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1887-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1887-06-06

    In 28 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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