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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 2133

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Lunar month 326Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 9, 2133

Lunar 二一三三年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2133-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2133-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2133-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2133-06-05

    In 27 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初五

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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