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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 1828

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Lunar month 230Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 5, 1828

Lunar 一八二八年 · 二月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1828-03-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1828-04-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1828-04-20

    In 15 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1828-05-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 清明

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

二月廿一

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersCut garmentsSet the marriage bedSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Dig a wellInstall doorsMarriageFormal betrothal

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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