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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 2126

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 428Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 422Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 423Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 424Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 425Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 426Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 427Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 428Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 429Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 430Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 431Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 41Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 42Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 43Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 44Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 45Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 47Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 48Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 16, 2126

Lunar 二一二六年 · 四月廿四

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

    2126-05-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2126-05-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2126-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2126-06-06

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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