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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

Monday, April 26, 1880

Lunar 一八八〇年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1880-04-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1880-04-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1880-05-05

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Fri

    1880-05-21

    In 25 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十八

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersConsecratePray for childrenPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactSeek medical careTreat illnessLay foundations

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundDig a wellDig a pond

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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