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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 1845

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 327Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 6, 1845

Lunar 一八四五年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 Rain

    Sun

    1845-04-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1845-05-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1845-05-21

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1845-06-06

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初一

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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