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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 2237

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Lunar month 430Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 11, 2237

Lunar 二二三七年 · 四月十六

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

    Fri

    2237-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2237-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2237-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2237-06-05

    In 25 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十六

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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