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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 1877

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Lunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 11, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 二月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1877-04-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1877-04-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1877-04-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1877-05-05

    In 24 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲辰

二月廿八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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