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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 2198

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Lunar month 329Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds20Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 421Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 20, 2198

Lunar 二一九八年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2198-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2198-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2198-06-05

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    2198-06-21

    In 32 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十五

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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