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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 2200

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TODAY
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Lunar month 327Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 1, 2200

Lunar 二二〇〇年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 Rain

    Sun

    2200-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2200-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2200-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2200-05-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十八

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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