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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

Tuesday, April 19, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 三月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1887-04-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1887-04-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1887-05-06

    In 17 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

三月廿六

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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