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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 1896

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 229Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain19Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 29, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1896-04-19

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1896-04-29

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1896-05-05

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1896-05-20

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬辰

三月十七

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateLift misfortuneFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household member

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

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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