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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 1897

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Lunar month 325Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 10, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    1897-05-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1897-05-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1897-05-21

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1897-06-05

    In 26 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初九

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageCut garmentsMake an offeringTravelSet a bedBuild a stoveRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Take officeCapture

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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