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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2010

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Lunar month 325Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Lunar 二〇一〇年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2010-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2010-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2010-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2010-06-06

    In 26 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Install doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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