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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 1875

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Lunar month 325Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 14, 1875

Lunar 一八七五年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1875-05-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1875-05-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1875-05-21

    In 7 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1875-06-06

    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

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛巳

四月初十

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelDismantleBreak groundRaise a roof beamMove the hearth

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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