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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

Tuesday, May 30, 2028

Lunar 二〇二八年 · 五月初七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2028-05-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2028-05-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2028-06-05

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    2028-06-21

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁巳

五月初七

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalLift misfortuneTravelBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickMove the hearthBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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