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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 1878

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Lunar month 231Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 1, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1878-03-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1878-04-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1878-04-05

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1878-04-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙卯

二月廿九

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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