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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 2131

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Lunar month 429Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 18, 2131

Lunar 二一三一年 · 四月廿二

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

    Sun

    2131-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2131-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2131-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2131-06-06

    In 19 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿二

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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