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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 2179

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Lunar month 325Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 16, 2179

Lunar 二一七九年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Wed

    2179-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2179-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2179-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2179-06-05

    In 20 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

四月初十

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteOpen for businessMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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