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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

Monday, May 26, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 四月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

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

    Wed

    1986-05-21

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1986-05-26

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1986-06-06

    In 11 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1986-06-22

    In 27 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸巳

四月十八

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBreak groundRaise a roof beamBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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