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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 1895

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TODAY
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Lunar month 331Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 425Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 426Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 427Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 428Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 429Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 430Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 41Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 45Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 410Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 411Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 25, 1895

Lunar 一八九五年 · 四月初一

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

    Sat

    1895-04-20

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1895-04-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1895-05-06

    In 11 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Tue

    1895-05-21

    In 26 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚辰

四月初一

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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