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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 1884

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TODAY
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Lunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 413Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 414Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 415Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 416Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 417Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 418Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 419Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 420Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Buds21Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 422Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 525Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 526Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 527Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 528Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 529Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 530Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 531Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 51Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 52Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 53Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 54Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain in Ear5Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 56Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 57Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, May 25, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 五月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 Buds

    Wed

    1884-05-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1884-05-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain in Ear

    Thu

    1884-06-05

    In 11 days

  4. Summer Solstice

    Sat

    1884-06-21

    In 27 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己巳

五月初一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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