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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 2097

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Lunar month 328Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 4, 2097

Lunar 二〇九七年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 Rain

    Fri

    2097-04-19

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2097-05-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2097-05-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2097-05-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersCut garmentsSet the marriage bedSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Dig a wellInstall doorsMarriageFormal betrothal

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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