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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 2026

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Lunar month 326Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 22, 2026

Lunar 二〇二六年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2026-05-05

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2026-05-22

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2026-06-05

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2026-06-21

    In 30 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初六

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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