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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 1842

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Lunar month 227Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 313Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 10, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 二月三十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Tue

    1842-04-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1842-04-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1842-04-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1842-05-06

    In 26 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲辰

二月三十

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialReceive wealthDig a wellHang a signboardOpen for businessTimber workTrade

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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