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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 1844

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Lunar month 328Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 8, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1844-05-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1844-05-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1844-05-21

    In 13 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1844-06-05

    In 28 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己巳

三月廿一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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