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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 2022

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Lunar month 41Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 四月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2022-05-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2022-05-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2022-06-06

    In 9 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2022-06-21

    In 24 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿八

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid 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

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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