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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 1856

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TODAY
Sun
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 230Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 27, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1856-04-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1856-04-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1856-05-05

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1856-05-21

    In 24 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

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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