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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 2105

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TODAY
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Lunar month 326Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 2, 2105

Lunar 二一〇五年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2105-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2105-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2105-05-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2105-05-21

    In 19 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十八

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateFormal betrothalMarriageOpen for businessTravelVisit friends and familySet a bedMake nets

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove into a homeBuild a houseBreak groundBreak ground for burialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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