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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 2120

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Lunar month 428Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 527Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 528Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 529Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 530Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 531Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 19, 2120

Lunar 二一二〇年 · 四月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    2120-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2120-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2120-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2120-06-05

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛巳

四月廿二

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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