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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 2204

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Lunar month 329Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 16, 2204

Lunar 二二〇四年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Sat

    2204-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2204-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2204-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2204-06-06

    In 21 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己巳

四月十六

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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