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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 2008

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Lunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 9, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2008-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2008-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2008-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2008-06-05

    In 27 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初五

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification ritePray for childrenInstall machineryReceive livestockRelocateMove into a homeSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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