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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 2217

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Lunar month 327Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 18, 2217

Lunar 二二一七年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Tue

    2217-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2217-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2217-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2217-06-06

    In 19 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十三

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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