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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 1858

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Lunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 413Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, May 21, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 四月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    1858-05-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1858-05-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1858-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1858-06-22

    In 32 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 小满

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初九

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

PlantingCaptureHuntingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundMake an offeringPurification riteBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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