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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

Saturday, April 19, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1851-04-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1851-04-21

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1851-05-06

    In 17 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

三月十八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenLift misfortuneTimber workMove the hearthMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

MarriageReceive wealthBurialTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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