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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Monday, May 5, 2138

Lunar 二一三八年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2138-04-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2138-05-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2138-05-21

    In 16 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2138-06-06

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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