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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 1968

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 428Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 3, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1968-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1968-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1968-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1968-05-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初七

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

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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