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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 1842

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Lunar month 31Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 410Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 411Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 59Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 510Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 511Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 31, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 四月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1842-05-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1842-05-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1842-06-06

    In 6 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1842-06-22

    In 22 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿二

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageLift misfortuneMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessMeridian therapy

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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