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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 1868

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Lunar month 329Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 423Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 424Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 20, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 三月廿八

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. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1868-04-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1868-04-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1868-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1868-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丙辰

三月廿八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactConsecrateRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamOpen a storehouse

Avoid

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

Move the hearthMarriageOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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