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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 1824

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Lunar month 228Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 29, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1824-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1824-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1824-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1824-05-21

    In 22 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊辰

四月初一

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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