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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 2115

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TODAY
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Lunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 424Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 425Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 426Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 427Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 428Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 429Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 430Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 431Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 45Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 3, 2115

Lunar 二一一五年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Sat

    2115-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2115-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2115-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2115-05-21

    In 18 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初九

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingSeal openingsHuntingMake netsFishingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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