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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 1886

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Lunar month 325Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 413Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 414Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 415Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 416Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 417Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds21Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 422Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 52Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 53Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 54Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 55Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 20, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 四月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1886-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1886-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1886-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1886-06-06

    In 17 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十七

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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