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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 2201

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Lunar month 326Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 14, 2201

Lunar 二二〇一年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    2201-05-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2201-05-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    2201-05-21

    In 7 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2201-06-06

    In 23 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十二

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortunePest controlVisit friends and familyAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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