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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 2195

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Lunar month 326Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 46Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 25, 2195

Lunar 二一九五年 · 四月十六

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. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2195-05-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2195-05-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2195-06-05

    In 11 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    2195-06-21

    In 27 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十六

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantleBreak groundLift misfortune

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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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