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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 1888

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Lunar month 329Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 3, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 三月廿三

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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1888-04-19

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1888-05-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1888-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1888-05-20

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteOpen for businessBurial

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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