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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 25, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1818-05-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1818-05-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1818-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1818-06-22

    In 28 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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