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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 1821

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Lunar month 329Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 6, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    1821-04-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1821-05-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1821-05-21

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1821-06-06

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初五

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantleBreak groundLift misfortune

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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