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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

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 四月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2005-05-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2005-05-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2005-06-05

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2005-06-21

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十七

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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