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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 1869

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Lunar month 228Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 12, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 三月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1869-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1869-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1869-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1869-05-05

    In 23 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初一

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteTravelLay foundationsBuild a houseLay foundation stonesInstall doors

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessReceive wealthMove the hearth

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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