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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 1837

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Lunar month 226Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 45Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 15, 1837

Lunar 一八三七年 · 三月十一

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. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1837-04-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1837-04-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1837-04-20

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1837-05-06

    In 21 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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