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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 2181

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Lunar month 329Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 5, 2181

Lunar 二一八一年 · 三月廿二

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. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2181-04-19

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2181-05-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2181-05-20

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2181-06-05

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸巳

三月廿二

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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