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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 2101

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Lunar month 41Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 10, 2101

Lunar 二一〇一年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2101-05-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2101-05-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2101-05-21

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2101-06-06

    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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十三

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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