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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 23, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 四月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1887-04-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1887-04-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1887-05-06

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sat

    1887-05-21

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

谷雨 → 立夏

Year cycle

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲辰

四月初一

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateTravelTradeSeal openingsMarriageHaircutOpen for businessSet a bed

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMove the hearthAcquire propertyBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConstructionRaise a roof beamMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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