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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 2236

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Lunar month 31Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 16, 2236

Lunar 二二三六年 · 四月十一

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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    2236-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2236-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2236-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    2236-06-05

    In 20 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十一

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Funeral processionBurial

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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