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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 2106

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Lunar month 325Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 14, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 四月十一

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

    2106-05-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2106-05-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2106-05-21

    In 7 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2106-06-06

    In 23 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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