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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 1861

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Lunar month 231Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 411Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 8, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1861-04-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1861-04-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1861-04-20

    In 12 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1861-05-05

    In 27 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬辰

二月廿九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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