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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 1871

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Lunar month 226Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 21, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 三月初二

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

    Wed

    1871-04-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1871-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1871-05-06

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1871-05-21

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初二

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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