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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 2057

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Lunar month 329Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 10, 2057

Lunar 二〇五七年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    2057-05-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2057-05-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2057-05-20

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2057-06-05

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初七

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringBreak groundBreak ground for burialTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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