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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 1968

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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

Thursday, May 30, 1968

Lunar 一九六八年 · 五月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1968-05-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1968-05-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1968-06-05

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1968-06-21

    In 22 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

五月初四

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageLift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessMeridian therapy

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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