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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 1893

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Lunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 428Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 429Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 431Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear5Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 27, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 四月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1893-05-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1893-05-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Mon

    1893-06-05

    In 9 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1893-06-21

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小满 → 芒种

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十二

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelBreak groundRaise a roof beamRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Purification rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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