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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 1898

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Leap lunar month 31Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 32Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 33Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 34Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 36Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 37Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 38Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 39Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 310Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 311Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 312Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 313Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 314Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 315Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 316Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 317Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 318Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 319Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 18, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 闰三月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1898-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1898-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1898-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1898-06-06

    In 19 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

闰三月廿八

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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