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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 2138

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Lunar month 327Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 3, 2138

Lunar 二一三八年 · 三月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 Rain

    Sun

    2138-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2138-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2138-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2138-05-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿四

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenSet a bedLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalExchange family namesMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeOpen a storehouseMove the hearthBreak groundBreak ground for burialReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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