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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 1882

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Lunar month 330Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 19, 1882

Lunar 一八八二年 · 四月初三

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

    1882-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1882-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1882-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1882-06-06

    In 18 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

壬午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初三

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelFormal betrothalMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameMove the hearthDismantleRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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