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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 2121

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Lunar month 327Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 12, 2121

Lunar 二一二一年 · 三月廿六

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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2121-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2121-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2121-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2121-06-05

    In 24 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸巳

三月廿六

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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