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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 2140

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Lunar month 31Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 1, 2140

Lunar 二一四〇年 · 三月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    2140-04-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2140-05-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2140-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2140-05-20

    In 19 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十五

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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