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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 1990

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Lunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 524Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 525Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 31, 1990

Lunar 一九九〇年 · 五月初八

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 Buds

    Mon

    1990-05-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1990-05-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1990-06-06

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1990-06-21

    In 21 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛巳

五月初八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

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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