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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 1868

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TODAY
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Lunar month 426Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 422Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 423Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 424Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 425Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 426Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 427Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 428Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 429Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 430Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 431Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 41Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 42Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 43Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 44Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 46Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 18, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 四月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1868-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1868-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1868-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1868-06-05

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁巳

四月廿六

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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