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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 2049

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Lunar month 325Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 531Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 21, 2049

Lunar 二〇四九年 · 四月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    2049-05-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2049-05-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2049-06-05

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2049-06-21

    In 31 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己巳

四月二十

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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