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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 1899

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Lunar month 226Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 35Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 12, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1899-04-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1899-04-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1899-04-20

    In 8 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1899-05-06

    In 24 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

三月初三

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish 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

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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