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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 2119

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Lunar month 330Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 12, 2119

Lunar 二一一九年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2119-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2119-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2119-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2119-06-06

    In 25 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

四月初三

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialMove into a homeTravelBreak groundLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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