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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

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

May 1879

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Leap lunar month 327Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 328Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 329Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 330Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 31Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 32Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 33Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 34Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 35Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 37Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 38Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 39Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 310Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 311Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 312Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 313Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 314Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 315Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 316Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 317Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 318Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 319Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 320Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Buds21Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 21, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Tue

    1879-05-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1879-05-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1879-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1879-06-22

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

己巳

四月初一

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelRelocateMove into a homeBuild a stoveMake vehicles and toolsMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a bridgeInstall doorsBurialRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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