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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 1896

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Lunar month 326Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds20Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 422Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear5Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, May 19, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 四月初七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1896-05-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1896-05-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1896-05-20

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1896-06-05

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初七

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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