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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1849

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Lunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 422Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 423Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 424Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 425Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 426Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 45Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 47Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 48Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 49Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 28, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 闰四月初七

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 Buds

    Mon

    1849-05-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1849-05-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1849-06-06

    In 9 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1849-06-21

    In 24 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己巳

闰四月初七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneSculpture and paintingCut garmentsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamConstructionDismantleSet up a horse frameMove into a homeTimber workBreak groundMove the hearthSet roof-post openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

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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