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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 1843

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Lunar month 430Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 421Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds22Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 510Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 4, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 四月初五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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 Rain

    Fri

    1843-04-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1843-05-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1843-05-06

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1843-05-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙辰

四月初五

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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