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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 1853

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Lunar month 31Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 510Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 511Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 1, 1853

Lunar 一八五三年 · 三月廿四

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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1853-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1853-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1853-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1853-05-21

    In 20 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿四

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

ConsecrateConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

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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