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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 1908

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 326Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 7, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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 Rain

    Mon

    1908-04-20

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1908-05-07

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1908-05-21

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1908-06-06

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初八

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalSeek medical careTreat illnessConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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