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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.

April 1818

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Lunar month 229Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 320Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain21Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 45Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 47Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 48Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 49Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 27, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 三月廿三

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

    Tue

    1818-04-21

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1818-04-27

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1818-05-06

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1818-05-22

    In 25 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿三

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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