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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 2019

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Lunar month 328Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 Rain

    Sat

    2019-04-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2019-05-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2019-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2019-05-21

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初一

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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