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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 2051

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Lunar month 330Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 11, 2051

Lunar 二〇五一年 · 四月初二

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

    Fri

    2051-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2051-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2051-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2051-06-06

    In 26 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初二

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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