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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 2048

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Lunar month 326Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 2, 2048

Lunar 二〇四八年 · 三月二十

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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2048-04-19

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2048-05-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2048-05-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2048-05-20

    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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙辰

三月二十

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingReceive livestockFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageTravelSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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