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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 1835

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Lunar month 326Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 4, 1835

Lunar 一八三五年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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 Rain

    Tue

    1835-04-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1835-05-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1835-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1835-05-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初七

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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