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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 1938

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TODAY
Sun
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 27, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 四月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. 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 Buds

    Sun

    1938-05-22

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1938-05-27

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1938-06-06

    In 10 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1938-06-22

    In 26 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿八

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Welcome a household memberAnimal husbandryAcquire propertySeal openingsMake netsAvoid 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

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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