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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1998

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Lunar month 426Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 526Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 527Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 18, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 四月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. 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

    1998-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1998-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1998-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1998-06-06

    In 19 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿三

Day cycle

乙丑

海中金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersOpen for businessSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundReceive livestock

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己未)羊 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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