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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 2113

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Lunar month 330Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 1, 2113

Lunar 二一一三年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2113-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2113-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2113-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2113-05-21

    In 20 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid 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

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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