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 2025

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Lunar month 327Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 428Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Lunar month 429Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Lunar month 430Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house Lunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Start of Summer5Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Lunar month 46Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house Lunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 410Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Lunar month 411Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Lunar month 412Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 413Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 414Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house Lunar month 415Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 416Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Lunar month 417Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Lunar month 418Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 419Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 420Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house Grain Buds21Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 422Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Lunar month 423Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Lunar month 424Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 425Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 426Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house Lunar month 527Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 528Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Lunar month 529Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Lunar month 530Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 531Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 51Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house Lunar month 52Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste Lunar month 53Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation Lunar month 54Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking Grain in Ear5Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending Lunar month 56Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels Lunar month 57Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house

Today Selected Solar term

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十四

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

Favourable

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