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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 2027

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Lunar month 325Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 8, 2027

Lunar 二〇二七年 · 四月初三

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

    Thu

    2027-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2027-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2027-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2027-06-06

    In 29 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初三

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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