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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 30, 1829

Lunar 一八二九年 · 四月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1829-05-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1829-05-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1829-06-06

    In 7 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Mon

    1829-06-22

    In 23 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

四月廿八

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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