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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

Monday, May 17, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 四月初六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1869-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1869-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1869-06-06

    In 20 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

四月初六

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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