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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

Thursday, May 30, 1850

Lunar 一八五〇年 · 四月十九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1850-05-21

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1850-05-30

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1850-06-06

    In 7 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1850-06-22

    In 23 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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十九

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneClean the homeAvoid 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

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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