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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 1900

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TODAY
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Lunar month 429Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 5, 1900

Lunar 一九〇〇年 · 四月初七

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

    Fri

    1900-04-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1900-05-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1900-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1900-05-21

    In 16 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初七

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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