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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 2011

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Lunar month 31Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 四月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    2011-05-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2011-05-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2011-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2011-06-06

    In 18 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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