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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2190

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Lunar month 325Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 21, 2190

Lunar 二一九〇年 · 四月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2190-05-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2190-05-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2190-06-05

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    2190-06-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十八

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalLift misfortuneTravelBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickMove the hearthBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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