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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 1888

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Lunar month 21Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain19Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 412Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 28, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

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

    Thu

    1888-04-19

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1888-04-28

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1888-05-05

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1888-05-20

    In 22 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateMove the hearthRelocateMove into a homeRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalTravelTend a graveBurialOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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