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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 2130

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Lunar month 330Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 1, 2130

Lunar 二一三〇年 · 三月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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 Rain

    Thu

    2130-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2130-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2130-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2130-05-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚辰

三月廿四

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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