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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 1851

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Lunar month 230Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain21Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 17, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    1851-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1851-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1851-04-21

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1851-05-06

    In 19 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十六

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageTravelSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteSet a bedEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBuild a stoveTradeExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

LitigationConsecrateOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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