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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 2122

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Lunar month 326Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 12, 2122

Lunar 二一二二年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Wed

    2122-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2122-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2122-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2122-06-06

    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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初七

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification ritePray for childrenInstall machineryReceive livestockRelocateMove into a homeSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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