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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 1873

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Lunar month 330Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 12, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 三月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    1873-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1873-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1873-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1873-05-05

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十六

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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