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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 1823

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Lunar month 230Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 21, 1823

Lunar 一八二三年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1823-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1823-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1823-05-06

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1823-05-22

    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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十一

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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