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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1844

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Lunar month 231Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 318Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 319Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGrain Rain20Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 321Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 322Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 323Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 324Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 325Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 326Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 31Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer5Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, April 7, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 二月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Fri

    1844-04-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1844-04-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1844-04-20

    In 13 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1844-05-05

    In 28 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

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊辰

二月二十

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortunePlantingReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Tend a graveBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveTravelBurialBuild a houseMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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