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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 1889

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Lunar month 328Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 2, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1889-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1889-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1889-05-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1889-05-21

    In 19 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初三

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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