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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 1958

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TODAY
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Lunar month 327Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 18, 1958

Lunar 一九五八年 · 三月三十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1958-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1958-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1958-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1958-06-06

    In 19 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

三月三十

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedBuild a stoveWelcome a household memberBuild a storehouseSeal openings

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingConstructionBreak groundTravelTimber workBuild roof beamsBurialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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