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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 1869

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Lunar month 325Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 11, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 三月三十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1869-05-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1869-05-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1869-05-21

    In 10 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1869-06-06

    In 26 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己巳

三月三十

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsCaptureAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Visit the sickMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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