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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 1839

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Lunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 29, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 三月十六

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

    1839-04-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1839-04-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Mon

    1839-05-06

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1839-05-22

    In 23 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十六

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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