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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 2186

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Lunar month 330Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 23, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    2186-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2186-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2186-06-05

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    2186-06-21

    In 29 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初五

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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