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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 2060

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Lunar month 325Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds20Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 421Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 8, 2060

Lunar 二〇六〇年 · 四月初九

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

    Wed

    2060-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2060-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2060-05-20

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2060-06-05

    In 28 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初九

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid 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

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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