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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 1987

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 326Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 22, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 四月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    1987-05-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1987-05-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1987-06-06

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1987-06-22

    In 31 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿五

Day cycle

辛未

路旁土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familySet a bedBuild a stoveBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙丑)牛 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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