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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 1908

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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

Friday, May 22, 1908

Lunar 一九〇八年 · 四月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1908-05-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1908-05-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1908-06-06

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1908-06-22

    In 31 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿三

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateTimber workWelcome a household memberSet a bedDismantle

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateHaircutMove the hearthMarriageTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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