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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 1978

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TODAY
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Lunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 18, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1978-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1978-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1978-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1978-06-06

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十二

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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