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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 1855

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Lunar month 329Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 17, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1855-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1855-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1855-05-22

    In 5 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1855-06-06

    In 20 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初二

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouseBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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