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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 2107

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Lunar month 41Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 423Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 424Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 425Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 426Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 427Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 431Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 41Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 42Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 43Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 44Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 45Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 47Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 48Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 49Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 410Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 411Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 2, 2107

Lunar 二一〇七年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2107-04-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2107-05-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2107-05-06

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2107-05-21

    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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初十

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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