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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 2168

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Lunar month 31Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 56Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 57Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 58Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 22, 2168

Lunar 二一六八年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    2168-05-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2168-05-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2168-06-05

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2168-06-21

    In 30 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十五

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Install doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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