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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 1820

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Lunar month 226Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 25, 1820

Lunar 一八二〇年 · 三月十三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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 Rain

    Thu

    1820-04-20

    Passed 5 days
  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1820-04-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days
  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1820-05-05

    In 10 days
  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1820-05-21

    In 26 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十三

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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