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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 1928

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Lunar month 329Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 7, 1928

Lunar 一九二八年 · 三月十八

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. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1928-04-20

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1928-05-07

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1928-05-21

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1928-06-06

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁巳

三月十八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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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