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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 1874

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Lunar month 326Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 416Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 417Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 418Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 419Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 420Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Buds21Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 422Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 423Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 424Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 425Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 426Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 427Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 428Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 429Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 430Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 431Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain in Ear6Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 3, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1874-04-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1874-05-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1874-05-06

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1874-05-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十八

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake an offeringLift misfortuneBurialBreak ground for burialThanksgiving riteMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteConsecrateMarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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