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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 2020

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 426Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds20Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 423Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 424Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 425Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 426Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 427Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 431Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 41Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 42Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 43Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 44Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 46Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 4, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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 Rain

    Sun

    2020-04-19

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2020-05-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2020-05-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2020-05-20

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

四月十二

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsLift misfortuneRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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