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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 1845

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Lunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 312Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 313Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 314Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 315Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 316Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 317Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 318Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 319Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGrain Rain20Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 321Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 322Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 323Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 324Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 325Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 326Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 327Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 328Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 329Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 330Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Summer6Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 47Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 48Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 49Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 410Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 23, 1845

Lunar 一八四五年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1845-04-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1845-04-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Tue

    1845-05-06

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Wed

    1845-05-21

    In 28 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十七

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementReceive livestockAnimal husbandryMove the hearthRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

Offer prayersBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral preparation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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