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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

Monday, April 25, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 三月十五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1842-04-20

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1842-04-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1842-05-06

    In 11 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1842-05-21

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十五

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenSet a bedLift misfortune

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalExchange family namesMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeOpen a storehouseMove the hearthBreak groundBreak ground for burialReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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