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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 1827

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Lunar month 429Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 12, 1827

Lunar 一八二七年 · 四月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Sun

    1827-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1827-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1827-05-22

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1827-06-06

    In 25 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十七

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalSeek medical careTreat illnessConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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