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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 1862

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Lunar month 327Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 528Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 529Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 4, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1862-04-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1862-05-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1862-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1862-05-21

    In 17 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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