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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 2053

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Lunar month 327Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 11, 2053

Lunar 二〇五三年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Mon

    2053-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2053-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2053-05-20

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2053-06-05

    In 25 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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