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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 2100

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Lunar month 325Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 16, 2100

Lunar 二一〇〇年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    2100-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2100-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2100-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2100-06-05

    In 20 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelFormal betrothalMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameMove the hearthDismantleRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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