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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

Friday, May 13, 2107

Lunar 二一〇七年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    2107-05-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2107-05-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2107-05-21

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2107-06-06

    In 24 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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