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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 2058

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Lunar month 428Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 422Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 423Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 424Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 425Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 426Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 427Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 428Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 429Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 430Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 431Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 41Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 42Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 43Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 44Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 46Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 47Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 48Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 4, 2058

Lunar 二〇五八年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 Rain

    Sat

    2058-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2058-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2058-05-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2058-05-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

四月十二

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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