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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 2080

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Leap lunar month 328Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 329Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 330Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 31Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer4Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 36Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 39Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 310Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 311Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 312Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 313Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 314Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 315Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 316Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 317Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 318Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 17, 2080

Lunar 二〇八〇年 · 闰三月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2080-05-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2080-05-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2080-05-20

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2080-06-05

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

闰三月廿八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid 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

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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