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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 1890

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Leap lunar month 230Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 231Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 21Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 22Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 23Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 24Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 26Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 27Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 28Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 29Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 210Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 211Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 212Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 213Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 214Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 215Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 216Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 217Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 218Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer5Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 27, 1890

Lunar 一八九〇年 · 三月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1890-04-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1890-04-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1890-05-05

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1890-05-21

    In 24 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

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚辰

三月初九

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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