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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 1857

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Lunar month 426Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 413Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 414Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 415Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 416Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 417Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 418Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 419Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 420Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Buds21Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 422Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 523Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 524Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 525Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 526Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 527Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 528Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 529Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 530Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 531Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, May 20, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 四月廿七

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. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1857-05-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1857-05-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1857-05-21

    In 1 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Sat

    1857-06-06

    In 17 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙巳

四月廿七

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingRelocateBreak ground for burialBurialClean the homeLevel roads

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageMove into a homeSet a bedBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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