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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 2185

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Lunar month 41Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 14, 2185

Lunar 二一八五年 · 四月十五

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

    Thu

    2185-05-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2185-05-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2185-05-20

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2185-06-05

    In 22 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十五

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelDismantleWelcome a household memberMove into a homeMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedVisit the sickBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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