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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

Saturday, May 21, 1898

Lunar 一八九八年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1898-05-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1898-05-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1898-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1898-06-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初二

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateTimber workBuild roof beamsSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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