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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 1886

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 228Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 3, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1886-03-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1886-04-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1886-04-05

    In 2 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1886-04-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛卯

二月廿九

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Receive wealthOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeConsecrateSet a bedRaise a roof beamBuild a houseConstructionLay foundations

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTake officeTravelMarriageMove into a homeRelocateThanksgiving rite

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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