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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 2068

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Lunar month 329Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer4Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds20Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 2, 2068

Lunar 二〇六八年 · 四月初一

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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2068-04-19

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2068-05-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2068-05-04

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2068-05-20

    In 18 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初一

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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