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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 1870

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Lunar month 41Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 530Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 531Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 51Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 57Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 58Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 59Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 510Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 511Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 12, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 四月十二

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

    Fri

    1870-05-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1870-05-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1870-05-21

    In 9 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1870-06-06

    In 25 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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

辛巳

四月十二

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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