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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 2158

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 430Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 29, 2158

Lunar 二一五八年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2158-05-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2158-05-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2158-06-05

    In 7 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    2158-06-21

    In 23 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁巳

五月初二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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