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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 2005

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Lunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 13, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    2005-05-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2005-05-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2005-05-21

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2005-06-05

    In 23 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初六

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelBuild a houseLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMarriageRelocateMove into a homeHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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