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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 2135

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Lunar month 31Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 12, 2135

Lunar 二一三五年 · 三月三十

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

    Fri

    2135-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2135-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2135-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2135-06-06

    In 25 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛巳

三月三十

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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