YaoWiseToday
A look at today
Today's pillar, solar term, hour and pentad in the Chinese calendar, all on one chart. The colors follow the Five Elements.
This chart is the same for everyone. It's worked out from the date and time on your device.
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Open YaoWise and Today is at the top of the home screen
Signs of the season
The year's 72 pentads
Each of the year's 24 solar terms is split into three pentads of about five days, 72 in all. Each pentad is named after something typical in nature at that time; together they were an old timetable for watching the seasons and planning farm work.
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This chart
Good to know
- 01It only reads the date and time on your device. Nothing is uploaded or saved.
- 02The names of the 72 pentads are set phrases handed down from ancient times, so they appear in the original Chinese characters.
In the app
A question for you
Add your birth details and YaoWise looks at your birth chart and today's pillar, tells you what kind of day it is for you, then leaves you a question to ask yourself.
Where is this pressure actually drawing a boundary for you?
Shown to a demo profile (Day Master: Yi Wood) on October 14, 2026
- 01What kind of day it is for you, based on your birth chart
- 02AI puts today into two or three sentences, drawing on your birth chart
- 03Keep today on your iPhone Home & Lock Screen1
Today's fortune is a modern rendering of traditional stem-and-branch theory, for self-reflection only—it does not imply any fixed outcome and is not a basis for decisions.