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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 2143

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Lunar month 328Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 7, 2143

Lunar 二一四三年 · 三月廿三

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

    Sat

    2143-04-20

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2143-05-07

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2143-05-21

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2143-06-06

    In 30 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿三

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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