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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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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 11, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 四月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2020-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2020-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2020-05-20

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2020-06-05

    In 25 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十九

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

PlantingCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundMake an offeringPurification riteBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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