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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 2162

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Lunar month 325Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 7, 2162

Lunar 二一六二年 · 三月廿四

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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2162-05-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2162-05-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2162-05-21

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2162-06-05

    In 29 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙巳

三月廿四

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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