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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 2134

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Lunar month 425Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 17, 2134

Lunar 二一三四年 · 四月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    2134-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2134-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2134-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2134-06-06

    In 20 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己巳

四月廿四

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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