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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 1988

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Lunar month 31Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 22, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1988-05-05

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1988-05-22

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1988-06-05

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1988-06-21

    In 30 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初七

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateTimber workWelcome a household memberSet a bedDismantle

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateHaircutMove the hearthMarriageTravel

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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