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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 2096

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Lunar month 429Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer4Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 422Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 423Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 424Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 425Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 426Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 427Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 428Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 429Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 430Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 431Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 41Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 42Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 43Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear4Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 45Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 46Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 47Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 48Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 49Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 22, 2096

Lunar 二〇九六年 · 闰四月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    2096-05-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2096-05-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2096-06-04

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    2096-06-20

    In 29 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸巳

闰四月初一

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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