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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 1858

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Lunar month 228Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 314Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 315Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 316Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 317Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 318Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 319Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain Rain20Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 321Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 322Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 323Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 324Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 325Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 34Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer6Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, April 17, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    1858-04-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1858-04-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1858-04-20

    In 3 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Thu

    1858-05-06

    In 19 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙辰

三月初四

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTrain livestockTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Break groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionConsecrateBuild roof beamsBurialVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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