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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 2072

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Lunar month 31Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer4Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 11, 2072

Lunar 二〇七二年 · 三月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    2072-05-04

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2072-05-11

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2072-05-20

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2072-06-05

    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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙巳

三月廿四

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

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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