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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

Wednesday, May 14, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1851-05-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1851-05-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1851-05-22

    In 8 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1851-06-06

    In 23 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十四

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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