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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 1881

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Lunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 20, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 四月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    1881-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1881-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1881-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1881-06-05

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸巳

四月廿三

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

PlantingCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundMake an offeringPurification riteBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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