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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 2089

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Lunar month 31Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 23, 2089

Lunar 二〇八九年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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 Buds

    Fri

    2089-05-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2089-05-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2089-06-05

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2089-06-20

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己巳

四月十四

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsMake an offeringTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take officeCapture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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