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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 1830

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Lunar month 328Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 423Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 424Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 425Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 9, 1830

Lunar 一八三〇年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1830-04-05

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1830-04-09

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1830-04-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1830-05-06

    In 27 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十七

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenLift misfortuneTimber workMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

MarriageReceive wealthBurialTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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