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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 1847

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Lunar month 325Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 414Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 415Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 416Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 417Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 418Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 419Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 420Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 421Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Buds22Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 23, 1847

Lunar 一八四七年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1847-05-06

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1847-05-23

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1847-06-06

    In 14 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1847-06-22

    In 30 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙巳

四月初十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelFormal betrothalMarriageTimber workSet up a horse frameMove the hearthDismantleRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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