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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

Sunday, May 12, 2143

Lunar 二一四三年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2143-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2143-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2143-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2143-06-06

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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