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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 1884

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Lunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness4Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 425Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 426Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 47Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 410Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 14, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 三月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Fri

    1884-04-04

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1884-04-14

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1884-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1884-05-05

    In 21 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十九

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyOpen for businessSet a bedTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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