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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 29, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 四月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    2013-05-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2013-05-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2013-06-05

    In 7 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2013-06-21

    In 23 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

四月二十

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedBuild a stoveWelcome a household memberBuild a storehouseSeal openings

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingConstructionBreak groundTravelTimber workBuild roof beamsBurialThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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