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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

Saturday, May 12, 2057

Lunar 二〇五七年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2057-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2057-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2057-05-20

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2057-06-05

    In 24 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

四月初九

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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