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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 2157

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Lunar month 31Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 16, 2157

Lunar 二一五七年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2157-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2157-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2157-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2157-06-05

    In 20 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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