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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 1840

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Lunar month 326Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 531Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 55Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 13, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1840-05-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1840-05-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1840-05-21

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1840-06-06

    In 24 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十二

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid 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

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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