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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 2137

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Lunar month 328Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 16, 2137

Lunar 二一三七年 · 三月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    2137-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2137-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2137-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2137-06-05

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙巳

三月廿七

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

Avoid

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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