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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 1847

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Lunar month 228Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 23, 1847

Lunar 一八四七年 · 三月初九

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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1847-04-21

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1847-04-23

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1847-05-06

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1847-05-22

    In 29 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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲辰

三月初九

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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