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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 1901

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Lunar month 328Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 35Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 418Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 419Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 420Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 421Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Buds22Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 431Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 41Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain in Ear6Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 18, 1901

Lunar 一九〇一年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1901-05-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1901-05-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1901-05-22

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1901-06-06

    In 19 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初一

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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