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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

Tuesday, May 23, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 四月十四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1899-05-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1899-05-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Tue

    1899-06-06

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Wed

    1899-06-21

    In 29 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己巳

四月十四

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementPlantingSet a bed

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionInstall doorsTimber workFuneral preparationBurialBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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