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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 1872

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Lunar month 328Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 56Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 57Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 58Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 24, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 四月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1872-05-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1872-05-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1872-06-05

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1872-06-21

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十八

Day cycle

辛未

路旁土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familySet a bedBuild a stoveBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Open for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙丑)牛 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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