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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 2233

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Lunar month 328Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 2, 2233

Lunar 二二三三年 · 三月廿三

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

    2233-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2233-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    2233-05-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    2233-05-21

    In 19 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingPurification riteLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersPlantingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriageRelocateMove into a homeDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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