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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 1833

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TODAY
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Lunar month 231Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 6, 1833

Lunar 一八三三年 · 二月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1833-03-21

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1833-04-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1833-04-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1833-05-06

    In 30 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙辰

二月十七

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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