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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 1839

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Lunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 8, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 二月廿五

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. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1839-04-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1839-04-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1839-04-21

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1839-05-06

    In 28 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

二月廿五

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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