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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 2075

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Lunar month 328Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 16, 2075

Lunar 二〇七五年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    2075-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2075-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2075-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2075-06-05

    In 20 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初二

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

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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