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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 1860

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Leap lunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 36Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 313Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 314Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 315Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 316Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 317Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 318Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 319Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 320Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 46Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 24, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 四月初四

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 Buds

    Mon

    1860-05-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1860-05-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1860-06-05

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Thu

    1860-06-21

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初四

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsMake an offeringTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take officeCapture

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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