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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 1853

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Lunar month 227Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 20, 1853

Lunar 一八五三年 · 三月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1853-04-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1853-04-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1853-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1853-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十三

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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