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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 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

Monday, April 16, 1827

Lunar 一八二七年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1827-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1827-04-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1827-05-06

    In 20 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

三月廿一

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteOpen for businessBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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