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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1821

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TODAY
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Lunar month 21Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 42Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 43Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 44Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 412Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 20, 1821

Lunar 一八二一年 · 三月十九

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. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1821-04-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1821-04-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1821-05-06

    In 16 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1821-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十九

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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