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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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TODAY
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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 31, 2074

Lunar 二〇七四年 · 五月初六

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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2074-05-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2074-05-31

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2074-06-05

    In 5 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2074-06-21

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己巳

五月初六

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

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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