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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

Friday, May 14, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 四月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1869-05-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1869-05-21

    In 7 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1869-06-06

    In 23 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

四月初三

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortunePest controlVisit friends and familyAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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