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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 2085

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Lunar month 429Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 1, 2085

Lunar 二〇八五年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2085-04-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2085-05-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2085-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2085-05-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初八

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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