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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

Saturday, May 22, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 四月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1858-05-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1858-05-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Sun

    1858-06-06

    In 15 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Tue

    1858-06-22

    In 31 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁巳

四月初十

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalLift misfortuneTravelBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeVisit the sickMove the hearthBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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