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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 2165

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 328Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 1, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 Rain

    Sat

    2165-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2165-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2165-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2165-05-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

三月廿一

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteOpen for businessTradeInstall machineryCarvingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundOpen a storehouseDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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.

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