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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 1902

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Lunar month 327Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear7Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 5, 1902

Lunar 一九〇二年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1902-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1902-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1902-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1902-05-22

    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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲辰

三月廿八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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