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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1857

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Lunar month 426Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 9, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1857-05-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1857-05-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1857-05-21

    In 12 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1857-06-06

    In 28 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十六

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteTravelBuild a houseLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMarriageRelocateMove into a homeHaircut

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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