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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 1848

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TODAY
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Lunar month 226Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 313Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 314Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 315Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGrain Rain20Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 321Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 43Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 44Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer5Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 46Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 1, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 二月廿八

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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1848-03-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1848-04-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1848-04-04

    In 3 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1848-04-20

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙卯

二月廿八

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

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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