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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 1848

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Lunar month 330Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 51Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 52Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 53Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 3, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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 Rain

    Thu

    1848-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1848-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1848-05-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1848-05-21

    In 18 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初一

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelRepair wallsBuild animal sheltersTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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