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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 2021

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Lunar month 325Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    2021-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2021-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    2021-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    2021-06-05

    In 16 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初九

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsMake an offeringTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take officeCapture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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