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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 2114

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Lunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 17, 2114

Lunar 二一一四年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    2114-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2114-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2114-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2114-06-06

    In 20 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己巳

四月十三

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid 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

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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