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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2175

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Leap lunar month 330Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 31Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 32Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 33Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 34Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 36Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 37Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 38Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 39Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 310Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 311Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 312Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 313Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 314Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 315Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 316Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 317Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 318Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 319Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 18, 2175

Lunar 二一七五年 · 闰三月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    2175-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2175-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2175-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2175-06-05

    In 18 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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛巳

闰三月廿八

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialMove into a homeTravelBreak groundLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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