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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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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

Wednesday, April 7, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1886-04-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1886-04-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1886-04-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1886-05-05

    In 28 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬辰

三月初四

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelRelocateSeek medical care

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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