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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 1899

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Lunar month 330Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 19, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1899-05-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1899-05-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1899-05-21

    In 2 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1899-06-06

    In 18 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己巳

四月初十

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsBathingLift misfortuneAvoid 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

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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