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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 2029

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Lunar month 329Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 3, 2029

Lunar 二〇二九年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2029-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2029-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2029-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2029-05-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊辰

三月二十

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalConsecrateSeek medical careTreat illnessBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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