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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 1849

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Lunar month 31Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 423Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 424Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 45Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Summer6Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 47Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 48Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 49Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 410Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 411Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 412Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, April 11, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 三月十九

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

    Thu

    1849-04-05

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1849-04-11

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1849-04-20

    In 9 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1849-05-06

    In 25 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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