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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 1843

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Lunar month 430Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 24, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 四月廿五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1843-05-22

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1843-05-24

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1843-06-06

    In 13 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1843-06-22

    In 29 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿五

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreementBuild a boatPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

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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