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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 2002

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Lunar month 328Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 13, 2002

Lunar 二〇〇二年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2002-05-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2002-05-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2002-05-21

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2002-06-06

    In 24 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初二

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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