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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 2028

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Lunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds20Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 524Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 525Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 526Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 527Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 12, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 四月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    2028-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2028-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2028-05-20

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2028-06-05

    In 24 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十八

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelBuild a houseLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMarriageRelocateMove into a homeHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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