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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 2238

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Lunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 12, 2238

Lunar 二二三八年 · 三月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Sun

    2238-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2238-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    2238-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    2238-06-06

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsPest controlMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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