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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 2167

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Lunar month 326Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 6, 2167

Lunar 二一六七年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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 Rain

    Mon

    2167-04-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2167-05-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2167-05-21

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2167-06-06

    In 31 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙巳

三月十七

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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