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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

Saturday, May 28, 2118

Lunar 二一一八年 · 四月初九

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. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2118-05-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2118-05-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2118-06-06

    In 9 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2118-06-21

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初九

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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