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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2078

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Lunar month 31Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 19, 2078

Lunar 二〇七八年 · 四月初八

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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2078-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2078-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2078-05-20

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2078-06-05

    In 17 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurial

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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