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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1841

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Leap lunar month 325Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 326Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 327Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 328Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 313Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 314Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 315Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 316Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 317Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 318Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 319Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 320Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 18, 1841

Lunar 一八四一年 · 闰三月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1841-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1841-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1841-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1841-06-06

    In 19 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸巳

闰三月廿八

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelDismantleWelcome a household memberMove into a homeMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedVisit the sickBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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