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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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TODAY
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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

Sunday, April 29, 1827

Lunar 一八二七年 · 四月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1827-04-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1827-04-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1827-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1827-05-22

    In 23 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初四

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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