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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 2081

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Lunar month 327Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 9, 2081

Lunar 二〇八一年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    2081-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2081-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2081-05-20

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2081-06-05

    In 27 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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