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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1860

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Lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 321Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 322Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 323Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 324Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 325Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 326Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 327Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 328Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 329Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 330Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 31Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 32Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 33Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 34Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 36Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 37Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 38Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 39Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 310Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 311Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 312Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 12, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 三月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1860-04-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1860-04-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1860-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1860-05-05

    In 23 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚辰

三月廿二

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingDemolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessLift misfortuneAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessTradeMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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