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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 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

Thursday, May 22, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 四月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2177-05-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2177-05-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2177-06-05

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2177-06-21

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿四

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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