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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 1859

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Lunar month 227Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 20, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1859-04-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1859-04-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1859-05-06

    In 16 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1859-05-21

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsInstall machineryDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMove into a homeBurialTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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