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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 1879

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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

Monday, April 21, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 闰三月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1879-04-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1879-05-06

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1879-05-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊辰

闰三月初一

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

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

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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