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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 2024

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Lunar month 328Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Lunar 二〇二四年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    2024-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2024-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2024-05-20

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2024-06-05

    In 27 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己巳

四月初二

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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