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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 1839

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Lunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 413Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain in Ear6Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 8, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 三月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1839-05-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1839-05-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1839-05-22

    In 14 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1839-06-06

    In 29 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己巳

三月廿五

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Install doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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