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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 2208

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Lunar month 31Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 16, 2208

Lunar 二二〇八年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2208-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2208-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2208-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2208-06-05

    In 20 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初一

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateTimber workBuild roof beamsSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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