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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 2127

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Lunar month 327Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 9, 2127

Lunar 二一二七年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2127-05-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2127-05-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2127-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2127-06-06

    In 28 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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