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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 2151

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Lunar month 325Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 19, 2151

Lunar 二一五一年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    2151-05-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2151-05-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2151-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2151-06-06

    In 18 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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