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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 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

Friday, May 18, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2040-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2040-05-20

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2040-06-05

    In 18 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

四月初八

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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