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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 2209

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Lunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 2, 2209

Lunar 二二〇九年 · 三月廿八

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

    Thu

    2209-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2209-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    2209-05-06

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    2209-05-21

    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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿八

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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