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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 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

Monday, May 19, 1823

Lunar 一八二三年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1823-05-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1823-05-22

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1823-06-06

    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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初九

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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