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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 1986

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Lunar month 327Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, May 10, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1986-05-06

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1986-05-10

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1986-05-21

    In 11 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1986-06-06

    In 27 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初二

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

PlantingCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundMake an offeringPurification riteBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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