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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 1846

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Lunar month 426Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 525Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 526Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 527Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 4, 1846

Lunar 一八四六年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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 Rain

    Mon

    1846-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1846-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1846-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1846-05-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初九

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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