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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 2043

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Lunar month 326Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 24, 2043

Lunar 二〇四三年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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 Buds

    Thu

    2043-05-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2043-05-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2043-06-06

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2043-06-21

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十六

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringBreak groundBreak ground for burialTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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