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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 2177

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Lunar month 327Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 7, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 四月初九

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

    Mon

    2177-05-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2177-05-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2177-05-20

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2177-06-05

    In 29 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初九

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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