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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 2007

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Lunar month 329Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 18, 2007

Lunar 二〇〇七年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    2007-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2007-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2007-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2007-06-06

    In 19 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初二

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for businessMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

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

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

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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