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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 1864

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Lunar month 227Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 16, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Mon

    1864-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1864-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1864-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1864-05-05

    In 19 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十一

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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