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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 1918

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Lunar month 328Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 25, 1918

Lunar 一九一八年 · 四月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1918-05-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1918-05-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1918-06-06

    In 12 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1918-06-22

    In 28 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingLevel roadsClean the homeFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialAvoid 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

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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