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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 1866

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 21Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 312Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 17, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1866-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1866-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1866-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1866-05-06

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初三

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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