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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1841

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Lunar month 328Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 321Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 322Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 323Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 324Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 325Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 326Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 327Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 328Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 12, 1841

Lunar 一八四一年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1841-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1841-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1841-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1841-05-06

    In 24 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿一

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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