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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 2111

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Lunar month 326Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 4, 2111

Lunar 二一一一年 · 三月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2111-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2111-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2111-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2111-05-21

    In 17 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿七

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBuild a stoveTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

LitigationConsecrateOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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