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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 2123

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Lunar month 325Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 26, 2123

Lunar 二一二三年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    2123-05-21

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2123-05-26

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2123-06-06

    In 11 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2123-06-22

    In 27 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁巳

五月初二

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsMake an offeringTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take officeCapture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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