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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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TODAY
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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

Monday, April 30, 1894

Lunar 一八九四年 · 三月廿五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1894-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1894-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1894-05-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Mon

    1894-05-21

    In 21 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊辰

三月廿五

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household memberOpen for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboard

Avoid

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

Offer prayersFuneral preparationMake an offeringBuild a stoveBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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