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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 1982

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 425Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 423Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 424Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 425Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 426Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 427Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 431Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 41Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 42Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 43Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 44Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 45Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 5, 1982

Lunar 一九八二年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Tue

    1982-04-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1982-05-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1982-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1982-05-21

    In 16 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲辰

四月十二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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