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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 1900

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 429Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 430Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 413Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 414Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 415Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 416Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 417Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 418Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 419Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 420Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds21Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 422Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 423Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 424Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 425Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 426Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 427Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 528Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 529Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 530Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 531Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 51Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 52Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 53Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 54Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 55Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear6Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 57Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 58Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 59Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 21, 1900

Lunar 一九〇〇年 · 四月廿三

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. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1900-05-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1900-05-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1900-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1900-06-22

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛巳

四月廿三

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneTravelMove the hearth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouseBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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