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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 1992

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Lunar month 326Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 431Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear5Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 56Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 18, 1992

Lunar 一九九二年 · 四月十六

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

    Tue

    1992-05-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1992-05-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1992-05-21

    In 3 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Fri

    1992-06-05

    In 18 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙巳

四月十六

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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