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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 2216

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Lunar month 328Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 1, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 三月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2216-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2216-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2216-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2216-05-21

    In 20 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十四

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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