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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 1852

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Lunar month 325Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 19, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 四月初一

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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1852-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1852-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1852-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1852-06-05

    In 17 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初一

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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