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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 1848

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Lunar month 226Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 14, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    1848-04-04

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1848-04-14

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1848-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1848-05-05

    In 21 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十一

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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