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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 2142

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Lunar month 429Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 12, 2142

Lunar 二一四二年 · 四月十七

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. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2142-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2142-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2142-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2142-06-06

    In 25 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouseBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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