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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 2136

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TODAY
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Lunar month 329Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 531Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 51Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 52Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 53Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 23, 2136

Lunar 二一三六年 · 四月廿三

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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2136-05-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2136-05-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2136-06-05

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2136-06-21

    In 29 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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