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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 1831

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Lunar month 227Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 1, 1831

Lunar 一八三一年 · 二月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1831-03-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1831-04-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1831-04-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1831-04-21

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛卯

二月十九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteExecute an agreementTradeConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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