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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 2182

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Lunar month 328Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 24, 2182

Lunar 二一八二年 · 四月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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 Buds

    Tue

    2182-05-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2182-05-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2182-06-05

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2182-06-21

    In 28 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿二

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beamMove the hearth

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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