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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 1887

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Lunar month 327Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 423Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 424Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 16, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 三月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1887-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1887-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1887-04-20

    In 4 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1887-05-06

    In 20 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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲辰

三月廿三

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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