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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 1843

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Lunar month 226Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 331Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 312Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 313Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 314Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 315Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 316Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 317Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 320Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain21Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 430Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 41Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 42Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 43Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 44Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 45Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Summer6Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 16, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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

    Wed

    1843-04-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1843-04-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1843-04-21

    In 5 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sat

    1843-05-06

    In 20 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙辰

三月十七

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingMake an offeringLift misfortuneBurialBreak ground for burialThanksgiving riteMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Purification riteConsecrateMarriageMove into a homeRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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