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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 2171

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Lunar month 328Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 25, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Tue

    2171-05-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2171-05-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    2171-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    2171-06-21

    In 27 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedTravel

Avoid

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

Receive livestockMove into a homeRelocateBurialVisit the sickTimber workRaise a roof beamInstall doorsFuneral preparationBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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