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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 1832

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TODAY
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Lunar month 329Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 530Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 31, 1832

Lunar 一八三二年 · 五月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1832-05-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1832-05-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1832-06-06

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1832-06-21

    In 21 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙巳

五月初二

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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