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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 1865

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Lunar month 226Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 6, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1865-03-20

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1865-04-06

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1865-04-20

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1865-05-05

    In 29 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十一

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageConsecrateTravelHaircutVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Thanksgiving riteOffer prayersRaise a roof beamBuild a stovePurification riteConstructionMove into a homeInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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