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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 2153

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Lunar month 429Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 23, 2153

Lunar 二一五三年 · 五月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 Buds

    Mon

    2153-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2153-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2153-06-05

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2153-06-21

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁巳

五月初一

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageTravelBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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