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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 2074

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Lunar month 429Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 17, 2074

Lunar 二〇七四年 · 四月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    2074-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2074-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2074-05-20

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2074-06-05

    In 19 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己巳

四月廿二

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageTravelBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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