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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 18, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1877-04-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1877-04-20

    In 2 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1877-05-05

    In 17 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

三月初五

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneFuneral preparationMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialGroom nailsCaptureHuntingFishing

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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