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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 2000

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Lunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 4, 2000

Lunar 二〇〇〇年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2000-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2000-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2000-05-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2000-05-21

    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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初一

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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