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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 1885

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TODAY
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Lunar month 326Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 2, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1885-04-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1885-05-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1885-05-05

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1885-05-21

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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