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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 1881

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Lunar month 227Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 28, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1881-04-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1881-04-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1881-05-05

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1881-05-21

    In 23 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初一

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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