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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 2118

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Leap lunar month 31Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 34Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 39Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 310Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 311Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 312Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 313Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 314Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 315Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 316Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 317Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 318Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 319Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 15, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 闰三月廿五

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

    Fri

    2118-05-06

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2118-05-15

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2118-05-21

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2118-06-06

    In 22 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

闰三月廿五

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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