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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 2196

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Lunar month 41Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer4Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 8, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 四月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2196-05-04

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2196-05-08

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2196-05-20

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2196-06-05

    In 28 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十一

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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