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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 1872

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 30, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1872-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1872-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1872-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1872-05-21

    In 21 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsLift misfortuneRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

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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