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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 2178

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Lunar month 326Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 8, 2178

Lunar 二一七八年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    2178-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2178-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2178-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2178-06-05

    In 28 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿一

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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