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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 2202

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Lunar month 425Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 422Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 423Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 424Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 425Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 426Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 45Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 15, 2202

Lunar 二二〇二年 · 四月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2202-05-06

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2202-05-15

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2202-05-21

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2202-06-06

    In 22 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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