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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2039

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Lunar month 41Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 17, 2039

Lunar 二〇三九年 · 四月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    2039-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2039-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2039-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2039-06-06

    In 20 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己巳

四月廿五

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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