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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 2040

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Lunar month 329Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 14, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2040-05-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2040-05-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2040-05-20

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2040-06-05

    In 22 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初四

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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