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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

Tuesday, May 3, 2140

Lunar 二一四〇年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2140-05-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2140-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2140-05-20

    In 17 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

三月十七

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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