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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 1892

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Lunar month 41Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds20Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 511Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 16, 1892

Lunar 一八九二年 · 四月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    1892-05-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1892-05-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1892-05-20

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1892-06-05

    In 20 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙巳

四月二十

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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