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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 1980

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Lunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 31, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 四月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1980-05-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1980-05-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1980-06-05

    In 5 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1980-06-21

    In 21 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十八

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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