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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

Thursday, May 31, 2131

Lunar 二一三一年 · 五月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 Buds

    Mon

    2131-05-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2131-05-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2131-06-06

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2131-06-22

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸巳

五月初五

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalLift misfortuneTravelBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickMove the hearthBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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