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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 1859

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Lunar month 31Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 6, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    1859-04-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1859-05-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1859-05-21

    In 15 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1859-06-06

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立夏

Year cycle

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己巳

四月初四

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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