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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 2211

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Lunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 5, 2211

Lunar 二二一一年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2211-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2211-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    2211-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2211-05-22

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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