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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Monday, May 23, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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 Buds

    Sat

    1988-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1988-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1988-06-05

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1988-06-21

    In 29 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

四月初八

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make netsLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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