DestiniDaily Insight

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 2161

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 426Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 26, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2161-05-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2161-05-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2161-06-05

    In 10 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2161-06-21

    In 26 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸巳

五月初二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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.

BACK TO HOME