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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 2014

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Lunar month 327Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 23, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 四月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 Buds

    Wed

    2014-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2014-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2014-06-06

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    2014-06-21

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己巳

四月廿五

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouseBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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