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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 1858

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Lunar month 228Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 10, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 二月廿七

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. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1858-04-05

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1858-04-10

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1858-04-20

    In 10 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1858-05-06

    In 26 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙辰

二月廿七

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

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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