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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 2124

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Lunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 15, 2124

Lunar 二一二四年 · 四月初二

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

    Fri

    2124-05-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2124-05-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2124-05-21

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2124-06-05

    In 21 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己巳

四月初二

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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