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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 1851

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Lunar month 327Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 4, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1851-04-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1851-05-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1851-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1851-05-22

    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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初四

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake an offeringLift misfortuneBurialBreak ground for burialThanksgiving riteMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteConsecrateMarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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