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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 1855

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TODAY
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Lunar month 21Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 316Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 317Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 318Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 319Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 320Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain21Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 322Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 323Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 324Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 325Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Summer6Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 312Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 7, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 二月廿一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1855-04-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1855-04-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1855-04-21

    In 14 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Sun

    1855-05-06

    In 29 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚辰

二月廿一

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneDismantleMove the hearthOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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