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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

Monday, May 29, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 四月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    2197-05-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2197-05-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    2197-06-05

    In 7 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    2197-06-20

    In 22 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十三

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageLift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessMeridian therapy

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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