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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 1984

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Lunar month 329Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 2, 1984

Lunar 一九八四年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    1984-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1984-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1984-05-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1984-05-21

    In 19 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初二

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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