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A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

May 1876

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Lunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 523Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 524Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 20, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 四月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1876-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1876-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1876-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1876-06-05

    In 16 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateMove the hearthDismantle

Avoid

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

Open for businessExecute an agreement

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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