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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 2189

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Lunar month 326Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 17, 2189

Lunar 二一八九年 · 四月初三

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. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2189-05-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2189-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2189-05-20

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2189-06-05

    In 19 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己巳

四月初三

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersTreat illnessMake vehicles and toolsConstructionBreak groundRelocate

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

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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