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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 2117

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Lunar month 325Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 17, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    2117-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2117-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2117-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2117-06-05

    In 19 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十六

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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