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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 2132

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Lunar month 327Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 21, 2132

Lunar 二一三二年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    2132-05-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2132-05-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2132-06-05

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2132-06-21

    In 31 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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