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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 2025

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Lunar month 327Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 531Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2025-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2025-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2025-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2025-06-05

    In 18 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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