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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

Tuesday, May 17, 1892

Lunar 一八九二年 · 四月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1892-05-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1892-05-20

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1892-06-05

    In 19 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

四月廿一

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification ritePray for childrenInstall machineryReceive livestockRelocateMove into a homeSculpture and paintingConsecrate

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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