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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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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Wednesday, May 6, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2172-05-06

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    2172-05-20

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    2172-06-05

    In 30 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十四

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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