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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 1865

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Lunar month 226Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 312Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 313Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 314Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 315Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 316Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 317Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 318Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 319Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGrain Rain20Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 321Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 322Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 425Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 426Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 427Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 428Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 429Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 430Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 41Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 42Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 43Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 44Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Summer5Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 46Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 13, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 三月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    1865-04-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1865-04-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1865-04-20

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1865-05-05

    In 22 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚辰

三月十八

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneDemolish a houseAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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