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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 2093

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TODAY
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Lunar month 426Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 9, 2093

Lunar 二〇九三年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    2093-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2093-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2093-05-20

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2093-06-05

    In 27 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十四

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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