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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 1989

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Lunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 11, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 四月初七

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

    Fri

    1989-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1989-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1989-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1989-06-06

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己巳

四月初七

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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