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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 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

Monday, May 18, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1818-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1818-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1818-05-22

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1818-06-06

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

立夏 → 小满

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十四

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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