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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2087

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Lunar month 327Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 12, 2087

Lunar 二〇八七年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2087-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2087-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2087-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2087-06-05

    In 24 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初十

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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