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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 2031

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Leap lunar month 327Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 328Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 329Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 330Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 31Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 34Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 39Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 310Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 311Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 312Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 313Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 314Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 315Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 316Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 317Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 318Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 319Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 320Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 3, 2031

Lunar 二〇三一年 · 闰三月十二

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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2031-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2031-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2031-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2031-05-21

    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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

闰三月十二

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBuild a stoveTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

LitigationConsecrateOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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