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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 1840

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 229Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 42Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 47Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 48Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 49Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, April 13, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 三月十二

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. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1840-04-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1840-04-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1840-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1840-05-05

    In 22 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十二

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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