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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

Saturday, May 25, 2211

Lunar 二二一一年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2211-05-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2211-05-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2211-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2211-06-22

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十三

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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