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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1818

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Lunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 421Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds22Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 54Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 55Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 5, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1818-04-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1818-05-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1818-05-06

    In 1 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1818-05-22

    In 17 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初一

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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