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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1822

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Leap lunar month 328Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 329Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 330Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 31Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 32Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 33Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 34Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 35Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 37Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 38Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 39Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 310Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 311Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 312Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 313Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 314Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 315Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 316Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 317Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 318Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 319Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 320Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds22Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 19, 1822

Lunar 一八二二年 · 闰三月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1822-05-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1822-05-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1822-05-22

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1822-06-06

    In 18 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

闰三月廿八

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageTravelBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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