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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

Wednesday, May 30, 1906

Lunar 一九〇六年 · 闰四月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1906-05-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1906-06-06

    In 7 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1906-06-22

    In 23 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

闰四月初八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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