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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 1880

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Lunar month 228Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 16, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 三月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1880-04-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1880-04-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1880-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1880-05-05

    In 19 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚辰

三月初八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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