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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 1831

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Lunar month 31Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 16, 1831

Lunar 一八三一年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1831-05-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1831-05-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1831-05-22

    In 6 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1831-06-06

    In 21 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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