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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 1854

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Lunar month 226Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 1, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 三月初四

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. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1854-03-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1854-04-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1854-04-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1854-04-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁卯

三月初四

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelExecute an agreementTradeComing-of-age riteReceive wealth

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundDig a wellLay foundationsLay foundation stonesBreak ground for burial

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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