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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 2013

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Lunar month 328Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 三月廿九

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

    Sun

    2013-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2013-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2013-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2013-06-05

    In 28 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿九

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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