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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 1906

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Lunar month 429Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 423Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 424Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 425Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 426Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 427Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 428Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 429Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 430Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 431Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 41Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 42Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 43Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 44Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 45Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 47Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 48Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 49Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 28, 1906

Lunar 一九〇六年 · 闰四月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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 Buds

    Tue

    1906-05-22

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1906-05-28

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1906-06-06

    In 9 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1906-06-22

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸巳

闰四月初六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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