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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 2215

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Lunar month 430Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 11, 2215

Lunar 二二一五年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    2215-05-06

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2215-05-11

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2215-05-22

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    2215-06-06

    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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十二

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalLift misfortuneTravelBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickMove the hearthBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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