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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 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

Thursday, May 20, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 四月十九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2117-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2117-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2117-06-05

    In 16 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

四月十九

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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