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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 1870

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Lunar month 227Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 21, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 三月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1870-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1870-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1870-05-06

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1870-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚辰

三月廿一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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