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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 1979

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 526Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 3, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 四月初八

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 Rain

    Sat

    1979-04-21

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1979-05-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1979-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1979-05-21

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初八

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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