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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 1889

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Lunar month 331Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, April 9, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 三月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1889-04-04

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1889-04-09

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1889-04-20

    In 11 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1889-05-05

    In 26 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初十

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringCut garmentsComing-of-age riteSet a bedTradeExecute an agreementDig a pondMend wallsSeal openingsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageDig a wellVisit the sickOpen for businessConsecratePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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