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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 1823

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Lunar month 327Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 9, 1823

Lunar 一八二三年 · 三月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1823-05-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1823-05-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1823-05-22

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1823-06-06

    In 28 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁巳

三月廿九

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementBuild a boatPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

Favourable

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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