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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2148

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Lunar month 328Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 20, 2148

Lunar 二一四八年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    2148-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2148-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2148-06-05

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2148-06-21

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初三

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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