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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 1820

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Lunar month 330Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 20, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    1820-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1820-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1820-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1820-06-06

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初九

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouseBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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