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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 2090

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Lunar month 430Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 18, 2090

Lunar 二〇九〇年 · 四月十九

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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2090-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2090-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2090-05-20

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2090-06-05

    In 18 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十九

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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