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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 2187

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Lunar month 329Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 9, 2187

Lunar 二一八七年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2187-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2187-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2187-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2187-06-05

    In 27 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初二

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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