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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 2169

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Lunar month 430Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 13, 2169

Lunar 二一六九年 · 四月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2169-05-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2169-05-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2169-05-20

    In 7 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2169-06-05

    In 23 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己巳

四月十七

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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