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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2214

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Lunar month 31Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 8, 2214

Lunar 二二一四年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    2214-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2214-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2214-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2214-06-06

    In 29 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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