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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 2103

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TODAY
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Lunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 17, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 四月十二

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. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2103-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2103-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2103-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2103-06-06

    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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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