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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 1819

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Lunar month 425Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 424Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 425Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 426Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 427Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 431Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 41Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 42Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 43Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 44Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 45Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 8, 1819

Lunar 一八一九年 · 四月十五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1819-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1819-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1819-05-22

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1819-06-06

    In 29 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

四月十五

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beamMove the hearth

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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