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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 1829

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Lunar month 326Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 23, 1829

Lunar 一八二九年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1829-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1829-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1829-06-06

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1829-06-22

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己巳

四月廿一

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateTimber workBuild roof beamsSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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