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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 1824

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Lunar month 325Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 528Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 529Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 14, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Wed

    1824-05-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1824-05-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1824-05-21

    In 7 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1824-06-06

    In 23 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己巳

四月十六

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification ritePray for childrenInstall machineryReceive livestockRelocateMove into a homeSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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