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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 1846

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Lunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 426Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 427Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 48Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 49Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 30, 1846

Lunar 一八四六年 · 四月初五

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. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1846-04-20

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1846-04-30

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Summer

    Wed

    1846-05-06

    In 6 days

  4. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1846-05-21

    In 21 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

壬辰

四月初五

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMarriageWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTradeExecute an agreementBreak groundEnd mourning dressThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialMove into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

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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