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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 2116

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Lunar month 326Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 8, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    2116-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2116-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2116-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2116-06-05

    In 28 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸巳

三月廿六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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