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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 2059

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Lunar month 327Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 9, 2059

Lunar 二〇五九年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2059-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2059-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2059-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2059-06-05

    In 27 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beamMove the hearth

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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