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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 2209

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Lunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 11, 2209

Lunar 二二〇九年 · 四月初七

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

    Sat

    2209-05-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2209-05-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2209-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2209-06-06

    In 26 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己巳

四月初七

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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