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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 1852

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Lunar month 228Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 25Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 29, 1852

Lunar 一八五二年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1852-04-20

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1852-04-29

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1852-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1852-05-21

    In 22 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十一

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialGroom nailsCaptureHuntingFishing

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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