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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 1867

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Lunar month 328Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 27, 1867

Lunar 一八六七年 · 四月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1867-05-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1867-05-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1867-06-06

    In 10 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1867-06-22

    In 26 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿四

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactVisit friends and familyInstall machineryMake netsComing-of-age riteMake an offeringPray for childrenWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveBreak groundFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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