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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 1897

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Lunar month 228Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 19, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1897-04-04

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1897-04-19

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1897-04-20

    In 1 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1897-05-05

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲辰

三月十八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsLift misfortuneRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

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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