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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 2023

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Lunar month 330Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 12, 2023

Lunar 二〇二三年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

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

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    2023-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2023-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2023-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2023-06-06

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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