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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 1827

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Lunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain21Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 412Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 12, 1827

Lunar 一八二七年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1827-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1827-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1827-04-21

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1827-05-06

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十七

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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