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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 1883

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Lunar month 329Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 431Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 41Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 42Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 43Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 44Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 55Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain in Ear6Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 58Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 59Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, May 17, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 四月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    1883-05-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1883-05-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1883-05-21

    In 4 days

  4. Grain in Ear

    Wed

    1883-06-06

    In 20 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁巳

四月十一

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersOpen for businessBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Install doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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