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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 1836

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Lunar month 31Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 16, 1836

Lunar 一八三六年 · 四月初二

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. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1836-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1836-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1836-05-21

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1836-06-06

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初二

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

PlantingCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundMake an offeringPurification riteBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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