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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

Wednesday, April 30, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 四月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1862-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1862-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1862-05-06

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1862-05-21

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初二

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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