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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 1862

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Lunar month 330Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 3, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 三月初五

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. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1862-03-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1862-04-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1862-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1862-04-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸卯

三月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral processionSet up a horse frameBuild roof beamsHaircutAnimal husbandryBurialReceive livestockTimber work

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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