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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 1864

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Lunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 54Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 59Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 510Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 511Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 1, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1864-04-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1864-05-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1864-05-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1864-05-21

    In 20 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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