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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 2156

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Leap lunar month 325Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 326Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 327Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 328Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 329Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 330Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 31Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 32Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 33Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 34Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 36Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 37Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 38Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 39Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 310Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 311Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 312Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 313Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 314Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 315Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 316Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 317Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 318Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 10, 2156

Lunar 二一五六年 · 闰三月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    2156-05-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2156-05-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2156-05-20

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2156-06-05

    In 26 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸巳

闰三月廿一

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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