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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 2087

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Lunar month 327Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 8, 2087

Lunar 二〇八七年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    2087-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2087-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2087-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2087-06-05

    In 28 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初六

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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