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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 2184

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TODAY
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Lunar month 325Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds20Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear5Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 6, 2184

Lunar 二一八四年 · 三月廿六

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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2184-04-19

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2184-05-06

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2184-05-20

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2184-06-05

    In 30 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己巳

三月廿六

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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