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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 1866

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Lunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 414Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 415Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, May 21, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 四月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1866-05-06

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1866-05-21

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1866-06-06

    In 16 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Fri

    1866-06-22

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸巳

四月初八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageCut garmentsHaircutTravelConstructionBreak groundWelcome a household memberOpen for businessTrade

Avoid

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

Timber workBurialSet a bedMake an offeringOffer prayers

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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