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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 1893

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TODAY
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Lunar month 226Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer5Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 20, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Tue

    1893-04-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1893-04-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1893-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Sun

    1893-05-21

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 谷雨

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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