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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 2159

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Lunar month 329Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 23, 2159

Lunar 二一五九年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2159-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2159-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2159-06-06

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2159-06-21

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己巳

四月初六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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