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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 2170

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Lunar month 329Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 9, 2170

Lunar 二一七〇年 · 三月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    2170-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2170-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2170-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2170-06-05

    In 27 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛巳

三月廿四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelFormal betrothalMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameMove the hearthDismantleRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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