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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 1850

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Lunar month 328Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 412Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 17, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1850-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1850-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1850-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1850-06-06

    In 20 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初六

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsMake an offeringTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take officeCapture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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