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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 2172

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Lunar month 426Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds20Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 523Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 524Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear5Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 56Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 1, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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 Rain

    Sun

    2172-04-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2172-05-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    2172-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2172-05-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初九

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialGroom nailsCaptureHuntingFishing

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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