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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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TODAY
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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

Sunday, April 28, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 三月廿九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sat

    1889-04-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1889-04-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1889-05-05

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1889-05-21

    In 23 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿九

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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