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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 1863

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 229Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 13, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 二月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1863-04-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1863-04-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1863-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1863-05-06

    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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙辰

二月廿六

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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