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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 1891

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Lunar month 229Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 48Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 49Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 19, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 三月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1891-04-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1891-04-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1891-04-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1891-05-06

    In 17 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingMake netsFishing

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageMove into a homeBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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