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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 2086

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Lunar month 328Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 3, 2086

Lunar 二〇八六年 · 三月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    2086-04-19

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2086-05-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2086-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2086-05-20

    In 17 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

三月二十

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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