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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 2197

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Lunar month 330Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 4, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    2197-04-19

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2197-05-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    2197-05-05

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    2197-05-20

    In 16 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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