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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 2073

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Lunar month 330Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 11, 2073

Lunar 二〇七三年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    2073-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2073-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2073-05-20

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2073-06-05

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTradeExecute an agreementBuild a washroomMend wallsSeal openingsHuntingFishingPrepare a burial plot

Avoid

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

Set a bedDig a channelRaise a roof beamConstructionOpen for businessConsecrateMove into a homeRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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