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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 1865

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Lunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 12, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 四月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1865-05-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1865-05-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1865-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1865-06-06

    In 25 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十八

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateTravelDismantleWelcome a household memberMove into a homeMove a coffin

Avoid

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

MarriageSet a bedVisit the sickBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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