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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1879

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 330Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 321Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 322Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 323Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 324Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 325Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 326Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 327Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 328Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 329Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 330Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 31Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 32Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 33Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 34Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 35Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 37Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 38Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 39Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 310Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 16, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 三月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    1879-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1879-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1879-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1879-05-06

    In 20 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿五

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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