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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 1894

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Lunar month 21Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer5Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 46Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 410Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 411Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 412Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, April 20, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 三月十五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1894-04-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1894-04-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1894-05-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1894-05-21

    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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十五

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringWelcome a household memberMarriageSet a bedLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteTravelCut garmentsClean the home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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