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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 1867

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Lunar month 231Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 411Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 16, 1867

Lunar 一八六七年 · 三月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Fri

    1867-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1867-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1867-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1867-05-06

    In 20 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十二

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set an altarMove the hearthFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardConsecrate

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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