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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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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

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 闰四月初九

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. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2020-05-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2020-05-31

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2020-06-05

    In 5 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2020-06-21

    In 21 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

闰四月初九

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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