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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 2052

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Lunar month 328Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds20Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 56Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 20, 2052

Lunar 二〇五二年 · 四月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    2052-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2052-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2052-06-05

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2052-06-20

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿二

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

Favourable

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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