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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 2004

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Lunar month 325Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 8, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2004-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2004-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2004-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2004-06-05

    In 28 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己巳

三月二十

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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